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lignaiit attacks, and especially when the disease has set in suddenly ; 

 it is seldom an accompaniment of the sub-acute forms of glanders 

 so long as they remain sub-acute, and is never seen in the 

 chronic varieties. Should the tumefaction not accompany the 

 onset of acute glanders, it is almost certain to come on during the 

 latter stages, prior to dissolution. The swelling of the nostrils may 

 arise from the intensity and spread of the inflammation in the 

 interior of the nose : very often, however, it is obviously the result 

 of an attack of farcy of the integuments clothing the nostrils, in- 

 cluding frequently the upper lip as well ; and in that case there 

 will be tumefied or corded lymphatics perceptible upon the swollen 

 parts, and very frequently traceable from them along the cheek to 

 the border of the jaw, proceeding into the submaxillary glands. 

 Pustules or farcy-buds will also appear, and break and become 

 ulcers, seated occasionally within the fold of the ala 7iasi, the 

 same as in other parts of the body. The tumefaction of the 

 nostrils when combined — which it commonly is — with a profusion 

 of gummy discharge, adds greatly to the embarrassment in the 

 breathing. The partial closure of one nostril produces a good 

 deal of inconvenience and annoyance : when this happens with 

 both, the suffering and distress occasioned will be likely, as I 

 before observed, to end in suffocation, unless relief in some way or 

 other be afforded. 



Does Glanders shew any predilection for the left or 

 near side of the head ? 



DUPUY states that it does. His words are — ''Tn summing up 

 the cases I have reported, it will be remarked that of those horses 

 who had only the nasal membrane affected, there is but one case 

 in which the right nostril proved the seat of disease ; lohilst 

 there are eight having the disease on the near side. It is without 

 doubt a peculiarity that the membrane of the left chamber of the 

 nose should most frequently be the seat of the tuberculous affec- 

 tion : it is not very favourable to the notion of glanderous contagion; 

 nay, it goes to contradict all that has been said on that subject. 

 In the greatest number of the cases, the disease pervaded both 

 sides of the nose." Out of fifty-eight recorded cases of glanders 

 that have fallen under my own observation, twenty-one have had 



