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from glanders in that densely populated city, London, is not 

 chargeable to any other cause than criminal neglect, indifference, 

 and cruelty. 



We shall now introduce a case tending to support our propo- 

 sition, namely, that glanders may be palliated in the same ratio 

 with its sister disease in the human family — phthisis puhnonalis. 



The subject, a dark-bay gelding of the sanguine-bilious temper- 

 ament, aged eight years, was placed under our care for treatment. 

 The following symptoms were recorded : A discharge from the 

 left nostril of a purulent grumous mucus, which adhered to the 

 edges of the part, and formed crusts of a yellow-green color. 

 The breath was extremely fetid; the nasal membranes were of a 

 deep-blue and reddish color, and ulcerations were apparent on the 

 nasal membranes ; the submaxillary lymphatic glands on the 

 left side slightly enlarged ; coat staring ; flanks tucked up, and 

 appetite poor ; respiration gurgling. 



Treatment. — The nasal passages were daily injected with 

 pyroligneous acid. The diet consisted of equal parts of wheaten 

 flour and oatmeal ; the drink, Cochituate water, acidulated with 

 elixir of vitriol, eighty drops to the bucket. The medicinal agents 

 used were the same as recommended for farcy, (see Farcy ;) 

 in addition to which, the patient was occasionally drenched with 

 brandy and salt — three ounces of the former to one of the 

 latter. 



The treatment occupied a period of about three weeks ; during 

 which time the horse was kept in a yard having a shed where he 

 could retire in stormy weather. The ulcerations of the nasal 

 membranes disappeared ; he improved in condition, and had so 

 far regained his former healthy appearance that he was sold for 

 one hundred and seventy-five dollars. A period of two years 

 has now elapsed, and our former patient enjoys good health, 

 with the exception, as the owner informs us, of an occasional 

 cough. 



Regarding the causes of glanders, M. H. Bouley considers, — 



" I. That glanders is a spontaneous disease only with the horse 

 species, it being in other animals always the result of contagion, 

 that in the horse species it may be the result of contagion, but 

 generally it is a product of disordered or perverted nutritive 



