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wrote me that " the mucous membrane of the nose and upper 

 part of the wind pipe was very much inflamed, and copiously 

 bathed in a limpid yellowish secretion. There was some ulcer- 

 ation upon the nasal cartilage, and incipient tubercles in the 

 lungs." 



Such should have been the appearance of a typical case 

 of glanders in the acute form, but as I was not present at 

 the examination, and being a positivist in my pathological 

 researches, I can not speak from eye witness authority con- 

 cerning these morbid changes and the termination of this ex- 

 perimental case, yet I was satisfied, in my own mind, as to 

 the result, even though others were still doubting. 



In the course of a few months, Stockwell's mare and the 

 black one having died, as I had predicted, I was determined to 

 watch the result of these exposures, and if another case oc- 

 curred, to call to our aid the best veterinary authority in this 

 country. And my expectations were soon fulfilled, on receiv- 

 ing a letter from Dr. Middlebrook, April 11th, saying that a 

 valuable horse, belonging to the Adams' Express Company, 

 showed unmistakable evidence of having contracted the same 

 disease by having been boarded in Gates' stable, which is in 

 close connection with McCoy's, on Middle street. 



I visited the case April 16th, and found that this disease 

 had really broken out again in a very aggravated form, and so 

 I informed Mr. Gold of the fact, and he at once notified Prof. 

 Alfred Large, of the New York College of Veterinary Sur- 

 geons, to meet me there in council, and he 'accordingly did 

 so on the evening of the 26th of April ; and, after a very 

 careful examination, the Professor pronounced it to be a " con- 

 firmed and malignant case of glanders," and recommended 

 the " leaden ball " as the only means of cure. Such a state- 

 ment from the learned Doctor was very satisfactory, as it fully 

 corroborated our course of investigation. 



Several other horses died during the winter, by having been 

 exposed in that stable. Dr. C. E. Sanford had a very spirited 

 carriage horse that was taken sick while boarding there ; and 

 though the Doctor gave it the best of attention, with kind and 

 humane care, in hope of cure, yet without success. 



