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that of common cold or gleet, and not so profuse, and of a 

 more glutinous or sticky character. The discharge in cold or 

 gleet is from both nostrils, and in considerable quantity, stop- 

 ping for awhile and then commencing again ; but in glanders 

 it is continuous and scant, and generally affects but one nos- 

 tril, and this, in more than nine cases in ten, is the left one. 

 Of eight hundred cases examined by M. Dupuy, Director of 

 the Veterinary School of Toulouse, only one was affected 

 in the right nostril. The discharge is somewhat offensive, 

 and the further advanced the case is, the more so it becomes. 

 After the disease has progressed to what might be termed the 

 second stage, the discharge from the nose will be streaked with 

 pus or matter, and, on examination, the membra^ne of the nose 

 will jDresent a dark purjole hue, or even a leaden color, widely 

 differing from the pink blush of health, or the fiery red of fever 

 or inflammation. Ulcers with raised, thick edges, round, and 

 deep, will also be seen. The breathing now becomes more af- 

 fected, generally with some cough. At this stage the glands 

 under the jaw become affected; they are not largely swollen 

 and inflamed, as in catarrh and other diseases affecting them, 

 but small, hard, and near the jaw-bone, and having a tendency 

 io become attached to the bone ; and the nearer they get to 

 it, the worse may the case be regarded, until they adhere to 

 the bone, when the animal's days may be considered as nearly 

 numbered. The glands affected are on the same side with the 

 affected nostril and weak eye. 



By this time, also, the horse will commence shedding his 

 coat of hair, whatever the season of the year ; and with it a 

 great amount of dandruff; and yet the hair that remains will 

 not look any the brighter. The belly will now begin to tuck 

 up; the horse eats but little; an occasional cough is heard ; 

 liis strength fails fast ; the discharge from the nostrils becomes 

 streaked with blood, and larger in quantity, and both nostrils 

 discharge. But to this there are exceptions: small ulcers will 

 appear on the outside of the nose, and the discharge becomes 



