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blood coagulum was removed, which measured sixteen cubic 
centimeters in length and 6ccm. in breadth; the posterior end 
of this originated in the alveolus of the absent tooth. By the 
removal of this body an abundant hemorrhage was induced. 
The mass of the latter must have been considerable during 
the previous few days, as the sides of the stall and manger 
were covered with it. Right lymphatic glands in the laryn¬ 
geal region were enlarged. Those on the left side were not 
altered. In so far as the speculum revealed the nasal mem¬ 
brane no lesion could be detected ; nothing but the extra¬ 
ordinary anaemic aspect of the septum could be remarked. 
Patient exhibited excessive weakness when set in motion ; 
appetite at all times poor, became less, and food was slowly 
masticated; hair dry and erect. Temperature 102.2° F. 
The probable course of the case was explained to the owner, 
as well as the possibility of an operation to expose the sinus, 
in which event the expense and time of the reparative pro¬ 
cess would make the sum total of the cost amount to almost 
the value of the horse ; he very promptly decided to have the 
animal destroyed, which we did. 
Post mortem .—In opening the antrum of high move, with 
saw and chisel, a greyish sero-purulent material escaped. The 
cavity was completely occupied by a mass of tissue which 
toward the orbital foramen was of the consistence, color and 
appearance of the encephalon ; that portion of the tumor found 
in the largest part of the sinus seemed to arise from the alve¬ 
olus of the third molar, was harder and more grey in tint. 
The osseous walls, which separ; ted this from adjacent sinuses 
and oval cavity, were in greater part obliterated by absorp¬ 
tion, the same could be said of the processus palatinus. 
Under the microscope the formation was essentially com¬ 
posed of bundles of fasciculi, enclosing large and small col¬ 
lections of cells of variable contour. The latter generally 
contained abundant plasma and a globular nucleus ; the larger 
collection was formed of cylindrical epithelium, having an 
elongated nucleus, while the smaller and more internal col¬ 
lections were made up of polygonal cells, showing a less tan¬ 
gible nucleus. 
