Chap. XXVIII. Of the Glanders, &c. 103 



But that this may yet be the more readily ^/'^ Glanders 

 apprehended, we fhall confider it in all its confider d in all 

 different Stages. Firjl^ As it is a fimple '>^-W^^- 

 Running ; Secondly, As it becomes an Ulcer : And under 

 this Head it may be alio conlider'd in a twofold Refped:, as 

 it is an Ulcer in the Flefhy Parts, and as it becomes an Ul- 

 cer in the Bony Parts. And tho' this be only an advawced 

 Degree of the fame Dlfei^.fe, yet we have made this Diftinc- 

 tion in Compliance with thofe, who, in its lalt Stage have 

 calPd it the Mourning of the Chbie, 



Now this Difeafe at firil is no other than a Superfluity cf 

 Matter proceeding from the foft fpongy Flefli in the upper 

 Part of the Nofe, and that it is caufed by an over-great 

 Plenty of Blood from the Arteries into thofe Parts ; for by 

 this Means that glandulous Flefh becomes inlarged : And 

 whereas in its natural State there is nothing feparated from 

 it but a little Moifture, which in Horfes is hardly perceiv- 

 able, and ferves chiefly to refrefti thofe Parts which are the 

 Organs of Swelling ; yet now that the Glands are dilated 

 and fweird, there is a confiderable Qiiantity of Matter con- 

 tinually difcharged from their Excretory Du6ts. 



And whether this proceeds from a Cold,or from the Stran- 

 gles, or from Infedtion, or an invrard Waile and Decay, it 

 will foon degenerate into an Ulcer, and the Matter being 

 pent up within thofe Paflages,mu{teafily acquire a more than 

 ordinary Degree of Putrefadion, whereby it turns corrofive, 

 walles and dellroys the Veiiels ; fo that inftead of that fu- 

 pcrfluous Difcharge which was in the Beginning of the Di- 

 Itemper, from the common Paliages of the Gland, the 

 Matter now proceeds from the rupiur'd and torn Vellcls ; 

 and therefore if the Horfe lives until the Glanders turn to 

 an Ulcer, the Alatter is frequently llreaked with Blood. 



But in the laft Stage of this Diilemper, the intolerable 

 Stench, and a difcoloufd Corruption, denotes the Bones to 

 be ulcerated as well as the Flefli ; and how this may hap- 

 pen, is not difficult to be conceiv'd, efpeciaily if it be re- 

 member'd, that the Bone, in which the fpongy Flefli is feat- 

 ed, is alfo itfelf very fpongy. Now as this Bone is open and 

 full of Pores, it mull eafily become a fit Receptacle for a 

 more than ordinary Quantity of the common Juices ; and 

 when thefe are perpetually falling into it, changing its Na- 

 ture from that of a Bone, it turns into a Caries^ and be- 

 comes like dead mortified Flefli, fo that all the Matter that 

 comes from thence is of an afnv or black Colour ; and \n\\zv\ 

 P 4^ it 



