18 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



REPORT OF THOMAS BLAND. 



Watekburt, July 29, 1880. 

 Mu. E. H. Hyde : 



Dear Sir, — By request of Mr. Austin of Meriden, I examined two 

 mares, the property of Mr. H. S. Merwin, of Durham, and the following 

 are the conditions: 



•Black mare, star on forehead ; enlargement of intermaxillary gland on 

 left side, nodosities and ulcers in nasal cavities on same side, discharge 

 from both nostrils, and cough. Tubercles may exist in the lungs, as 

 there is undoubtedly a diseased condition of both lungs. 



Dark brown mare with white strip on f;ice and white feet, having, I 

 believe, bled from the nose twice. Discharging from both nostrils; not 

 any nodosities or ulcers perceptible in nasal cavities, and no enlargement 

 of intermaxillary glands; pressure on trachea causing painful cough; 

 auscultation revealing a slightly diseased condition of the antero-infero 

 portion of both lungs. Although these conditions may be enough to 

 condemn this mare as being glandered, yet the two most important diag- 

 nostic symptoms are absent. Still it is my opinion that both mares 

 are suffering with glanders, one being farther advanced than the other. 



Yours truly, Thomas Bland. 



REPORT OF DR. NOxiH CRESSY, Received Jan. 6, 188L 



Hartford, Conn., Xov. 2, 1880. 

 To the Honorcible Board of Cattle Commissioners : 



Gentlemen, — The condition of Merwin's horses in Durham, that I 

 was called upon by your Chairman, Oct. 1st, to examine for glanders, 

 was decidedly doubtful. The discharge which I saw that day was not 

 characteristic of the disease. In fiict, there was only a slight discharge, 

 and not unlike that seen in distemper or sub-acute form of catarrh. 



The submaxillary glands were not much enlarged, and were said to be 

 improving in some respects, less swollen than formerly, and as no chancres 

 could be found upon the nasal membrane, I could not concur in the 

 opinion before expressed by other veterinarians. 

 • These cases are interesting and unique, and nothing but the experiment 

 of an inoculation will satisfy me of the true nature of the malady in 

 question. And this should be resorted to at once, for a pathological dem- 

 onstration. Under such a doubtful condition they cannot be relieved 

 from quarantine, but the real symptoms of glanders are not yet manifest. 

 Yours very truly, N. Cressy, M.D., V.S., Ph.D. 



REPORT OF DR. LIAUTARD. 



New York, Dec. 27, 1880. 

 E. H. Hyde, Esq.: 



Dear Sir, — On or about the first of this month you requested me to 



visit in Connecticut a pair of mares, the property of Mr. Merwin, wliicli 



