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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
bid process are not to be dealt with too harshly, and animals so 
affected might justly be referred for future examination, but any 
abnormal sound following in the wake of such diseases, although 
they often gradually abort, must always be regarded with sus¬ 
picion. The veterinarian is never justified in risking a prog¬ 
nosis in such cases. 
IVJiistling is a synonym for roaring. 
GriLuting is evidently intended to denote the short expira¬ 
tory sound observed in horses wdien executing a sharp turn. 
This sound points to pleural adhesions, the result of a previous 
pleuritis. It usually follows infectious pleuritis and is fre¬ 
quently associated with roaring. In the horse dealer’s vocabu¬ 
lary such animals are called “ bulls.” The grunting varies with 
the extent of the lesion, which in many cases renders horses al¬ 
most useless for heavy or fast work, especially during the warm 
months Prolonged panting after exertion is ordinarily pro¬ 
duced by this condition. Horses so afflicted are unsound, but 
acute grunting occurring during the preliminary stages of pleu¬ 
ritis, pericarditis, pinkeye, and purpura haemorrhagica, and 
rheumatism must be differentiated from the chronic. 
Snoring .—If snoring in the equine species is analogous to 
the ungodly guttural sound produced by the genus homo during 
his slumbers then I must regard it as evidence of sound health 
rather than that of unsoundness. If there is aiivtliingr that 
savors of good health more than another it is loud snoring. In 
this I refer to the human, and no doubt the same deduction will 
apply to the horse. In any event, at $2.00 per capita the exam¬ 
ining veterinarian would hardly be expected to sit up nights and 
patiently wait for the horse to slumber in order to determine 
whether or not he is an habitual snorer. 
Snifflmg^ although not mentioned on my list, deserves 
notice, because it is a condition which may be entirely over¬ 
looked in an examination. This sound is observed durinof rest 
and may be entirely absent during exertion. It is usually the 
result of circumscribed hypertrophy of the nasal septum near 
the anterior nares. 
Another condition closely allied to the foregoing is atrophy 
of the nasal dilators due to paralysis of their motor nerve. The 
nostril being unable to dilate is drawn inward during each forci¬ 
ble inspiration, causing a dyspnoea so severe as to almost suffo¬ 
cate the animal. In partial paralysis these symptoms arc modi¬ 
fied in proportion to the degree of paralysis and might be so 
slight as to be mistaken for less serious conditions. 
