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in a stale ol" abscess, from ripened tubercles running one into 

 another, or, from their infraction having taken place some time 

 before, in a state of actual ulceration. In such a horrible state of 

 disease as this, made still worse by accompanying farcy tumefac- 

 tions in various parts of the body, nothing can exceed the spectacle 

 of loathsomeness and distress the patient presents. Even death 

 itself seems preferable to such a state of suffering. The subjoined 

 case, which was sent to The Veterinarian for 1842, by Mr. 

 Ernes, V.S., Dockhead, Bermondsey, is valuable, because it shews 

 that now and then typhoid glanders assumes a character our French 

 brethren designate by the epithet charhonneuse. 



On the 16th of October, Mr. Ernes was sent for to see a horse that did not 

 feed well : the horse was dull, unthrifty, and off his appetite. A prescription 

 was given, and, after a few days, the horse resumed his work. On the 3d of 

 November, complaint was made that the horse had a discharge from his 

 nose : it was from the left nostril, and of a very suspicious character. 

 Pimples were seen on the mucous membrane, towards the inner canthus, and 

 on the septum nasi, about the size of a pin's head, and of a yellow red colour ; 

 but no ulceration was perceived. The submaxillary lymphatic gland of the 

 same side was also slightly enlarged and hard. Mr. Ernes condemned the 

 horse as glandered, a id ordered him to be separated from the others. In 

 the course of the day his hind legs swelled, the swelling extending to the 

 sheath and posterior parts of the abdomen. On the 4th, these swelhngs had 

 greatly increased, but the nasal discharge had ceased. On the 6th, the 

 swellings had still farther increased, and were reaching towards the neck, 

 shoulder, and lower parts of the head. There is a copious discharge from 

 the left nostril, and the membrane, free from ulceration, is of a blackish hue. 

 On the 8th, the swellings had increased to such an enormous size ; — the nasal 

 discharges being copious, mingled with blood ; the nasal membrane sloughing ; 

 the dyspnoea so great, &c. — that an end was put to his life. 



Autopsia cadaverh. — The effusion in the swollen parts proved of a hlack 

 colour, resembling oil-paint, very sticky, and of considerable consistence. 

 The membrane of the nose was one mass of gangrene, and in many parts 

 covered with the same black substance that was found in the swellings. The 

 lungs were a complete mass of ulceration, and of the same black hue. The 

 abdominal viscera were all of a dark colour. The mucous membrane was 

 healthy throughout, accounting for the absence of diarrhoea, which is a frequent 

 complication of this disease. 



Pulmonary Glanders is an appellation that may well be 

 given to that variety of the acute disease which supervenes on the 

 sub-acute and even on the chronic species, whenever the lungs. 



