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run at grass. Here he remained, as the owner supposed doim 
well, until word was received from the pasture owner, announcin< 
that the services of two practitioners had been called to see th< 
animal, and that there was a question in dispute between them 
as to the nature of the disease with which the animal was suffer 
ing. One maintained that he was affected with glanders am 
ought to be destroyed, while the other one contended it was not 
and that the discharge was due to other causes which were noth 
the least contagious. 
Immediately following this the horse was sent back to the 
city, and a short time after his arrival was brought to the hospi¬ 
tal for examination. 
At this time, the discharge was not very abundant, being 
flaky in character and having a peculiarly bad odor. A large 
swelling was visible on the right side of the face, involving the 
nasal bone, especially in its superior portion, percussion dullness 
was well marked not alone over the swelling, but over nearly the 
whole extent of that bone. 
The animal roared when moved, respiration not being per¬ 
formed without considerable difficulty. Examination of the 
nasal cavity with a reflector showed the mucous membrane to be 
of a leaden color, and the turbinated bone to be enlarged and quite 
prominent, even at the inferior extremity, which was readily 
noticed by lifting up the wing of the nostril. Placing the hand 
in the mouth of the same side, the third molar tooth of the upper 
jaw was found to be decayed and the cavity partially filled with 
undigested food. 
Aftei piopei preparation of the animal by dieting, he was 
thrown down, and while under the influence of chloral, the 
diseased tooth was extracted, by removal in two pieces. The 
bulging nasal bone was then trephined, and about two ounces of 
cheesy pus taken from the sinus of the turbinated bone with a 
spoon probe. He was then allowed to get up and the sinus 
thoroughly cleansed with lukewarm water, from a small pipe 
which was inserted through the opening made by the trephine, 
the water that entered being allowed to escape through the 
nostrils, carrying with it small pieces of detached pus. 
