ABSCESS OF THE FALSE NOSTRIL.
In young horses as the result of injury from the bridle or severe coryza, a circumscribed swelling sometimes appears on the outer flap of the nostril, at first firm, hot and tender, with a surrounding pasty infiltration, then forming into a tense elastic ovoid mass, the size of a pigeon’s or chicken’s egg. It may become chronic and remain for an indefinite period comparatively insensible to touch and only slightly interfering with the movements of the nostrils. As soon as the elastic tension betrays the presence of pus it should be evacuated by a free incision made from inside the nostrils and the wound plugged with medicated tow and allowed to heal by granulation.