296 GLANDERS. 



the sublimity of so miicli eminence, and, 

 i>ently gliding into the vale of reason, re- 

 sume the original path from which it will be 

 undoubtedly thought by some I have di- 

 gressed MUCH too long. 



It consequently becomes necessary to ob- 

 serve, that upon whatever part this disease 

 lias taken its seat, it has been considered by 

 almost all parties, and through almost all 

 experiments, absolutely incurable. To cor- 

 roborate an opinion so universally received 

 and admitted, it does not appear to me that 

 a tedious technical description of its true 

 seat, ascertaining it to be in '*' the pituitary 

 '•' membrane, the nraxillary sinuses; the fron- 

 '' tal sinuses, or cavities above the orbits of 

 "the eyes," can give additional weight, or 

 enlisjhten the understandimx of the reade'\ 

 The duli discouraging description of a mis- 

 fortune, to evade the ultimate force of which 

 there is no probable (or indeed po,ssible) ap- 

 pearance, can prove but a very slender con- 

 solatfon ; I therefore disclaim the idea of 

 attempting imposition upon any application 

 that may be made to this work for informa- 

 tion, and heartilv condemn the ridiculom 

 belief of seven distinct kinds of glanders^ 



