INFLAMMATION OF THE LYMPHATICS, OB WEED. 171 



TEMPER, C C, four times per day. The horse should 

 have good air and good wholesome food. 



In some cases, the alternation of the SPECIFIC for 

 ULCERS, I I, and that for DISTEMPER, C C, is very 

 efficient, especially in cases of some standing. 



N. B. It should be remembered that a well- 

 marked case of glanders is highly contagious. Not 

 only may the disease be communicated to othe* 

 animals, but the glandered matter coming in COB 

 tact with a cut, abraded or sore surface in the human 

 subject, will be liable to result as a very severe if 

 not fatal case of poisoning. Prudence demands 

 that we should handle such animals with great cau- 

 tion, and a thoroughly glandered animal had much 

 better be killed at once than endanger other animals 

 or the lives of human beings, and the more so as the 

 chance of recovery in such a case is very remote. 



Inflammation of the Lymphatics, or 

 Weed. 



In some rare cases horses suffer from inflamma- 

 tion of the lymphatics manifested by cord-like 

 swellings along the course of these vessels. It may 

 be brought on by sudden changes of food, cold and 

 wet weather, sudden over-work after several days of 

 rest, disordered stomach, standing in cold water, ex- 

 posure to drafts of air, etc. 



The SYMPTOMS are as follows : The attack is 

 usually sudden, beginning with a cold shivering 

 chill, followed by full, strong, and quick pulse, ac- 

 celerated breathing; hot, dry mouth and general 



