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further, in some cases to heal with practically 

 no treatment, 

 (v) The whitish colour and thick creamy con- 

 sistency of the pus. 

 (vi) The benign and curable character of the 

 disease. 



(vii) Non-reaction to mallein. 



(viii) Inconstancy of submaxillary glandular en- 

 largement, even in cases when the nasal 

 mucous membranes are the seat of the disease, 

 and the fact that even when the submaxillary 

 glands are enlarged they are not neccssarilly 

 fixed to the jaw — a symptom which is generally 

 accepted to be invariably present in glanders, 

 although personally I have come to the con- 

 clusion that such a condition is not constant 

 in glanders either, 

 (ix) In the nasal variety, the ulcerations in 

 glanders are generally more extensive and, in 

 most cases, spread from above downwards, 

 whereas, in this disease, the ulcerations are 

 generally less extensive, and are more 

 frequently found in the lower third of the 

 nasal chambers with a tendency to spread 

 upwards ; the discharge is less copious, and 

 is not in proportion to the lesions found 

 on the membranes, 

 (x) The invariable presence of cryptococcus in 

 the pus and tissues, its size, characteristic 

 appearance and staining, 

 (xi) Glanders (farcy) not supervening after experi- 

 mental inoculation of donkeys, guinea-pigs, 

 horses, and other susceptible animals, 

 (xii) The appearance of the culture. 



(xiii) The post-mortem appearances. 



