REPORTS OF CASES. 
449 
FOREIGN BODY IN NASAL FOSSA. 
By Frank H. Parsons, D.Y.S. 
On the 20th nit. 1 was called upon to go to Livonia Station, 
about forty miles south of Rochester, to examine a horse be¬ 
longing to Mr. T. E. Annis, of that place. 
1 found a large ten-year-old gelding which the owner told me 
had been discharging large quantities of a very foetid matter from 
the right nostril, and breathing very noisily, in fact roaring when¬ 
ever moved off a walk, during all the time he had owned him, 
some four or live months, and that he was in the same condition 
when he came into his possession. 
On the right side of the face but close to the median line, 
and about one-third the distance from wing of nostril to eve, was 
a low flat tumor, rather irregular in outline, about two to three 
inches in diameter, and standing out from the normal line of the 
face from one-half to three-quarters of an inch; hard and bony 
to the touch. 
By examination per nostril I found that the fossa was almost 
completely occluded, I being able to And only one small passage, 
barely large enough to admit my finger, leading from below to 
above the tumor; here also the tumor, though covered by the 
mucous membrane, was mostly hard and bony. 
I was at a loss for a correct diagnosis, but knew that there 
was something there that most come out, so I decided to trephine 
through the tumor from without. This I did witli much difficulty, 
owing to the surprising hardness and great thickness of the bone, 
just one inch. 
Within was first a quantity of thick cheesy fetid pus, then a 
peculiar feeling substance which proved to be coarse sponge ; by 
the aid of dressing forceps I removed enough pieces to have 
made a sponge as large as a man’s fist. 
After thoroughly cleansing the cavity I ordered simple an¬ 
tiseptic injections twice a day. 
Have since learned that although still discharging the pus is 
no longer foetid but of a laudible character, and is daily lessening 
in quantity. Breathing also much improved. 
