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diseases, and so contagious in its nature as to 

 render it the terror of all horsemen. It is so 

 contagious in its nature as to even endanger the 

 human species. 



SYMPTOMS. 



Discharges from one or both nostrils of a 

 thick glossy nature, frequently adhering to the 

 nose in considerable quantities, but discharges 

 not always profuse as might be inferred; and the 

 Schneiderian Membrane, or lining of the nose, 

 always becomes of a dusky, leaden hue; ulcers 

 appear upon the membrane; a remarkable 

 raising of the nasal bones, observed in no other 

 affection; one, or both, of the submaxillary 

 glands enlarged and adhere to the jawbone. Too 

 much reliance must not be placed on above 

 named swelling however, as the same (or much 

 similar) enlargement may often be seen in other 

 diseases. This is one of those terrible maladies 

 that has in all ages past, and, we greatly fear, 

 will in all the fnture continue to not only baffle 

 but to defy all the science and ingenuity of the 

 Veternarv world. No treatment. 



EPIDEMIC CEREBF^O SPINAL MENEN- 

 GETIS CEBE^P SPINAL 



Is Characterized by inflammation of the sub- 

 stance and covering of the brain and spinal cord 

 in horses. Sometimes prevailing extensively in 

 livery stabh-s or cities from cause acting gener- 



