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The Schneiderian membrane, of more than usual sensibility in this animal, is exposed to many causes of irritation, and debilitated and worn out before its time. Pugs are particularly subject to Ozaena. I scarcely ever knew a very old pug that had it not to a greater or less degree.
It is like the 'portio mollis of the seventh pair, eluding the eye, but existing in sufficient substances for the performance of its important functions. We have frequent cases of 'Ozaena' in old dogs, and sometimes in those that are younger. The discharge from the nostril is abundant and constant, and sometimes fetid.
Ozaena, or fetid discharge from the nose, is, perhaps, the most troublesome and frequent affection that this organ is subject to; it is attended, at first, with slight fever, swelling of the parts, and a fetid discharge from the nostrils, which, if not corrected in the early stage of the disease, subsides into a chronic purulent secretion, that not only weakens the dog, but renders him peculiarly offensive.
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