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vizajmata, which penetrate, infeft, and en- 

 gender their hke, in fenfible bodies. Strong 

 pungent fetor, is a diflin6live charafteriftic of 

 malignancy, and the power of infection. When 

 the difcharge from the noftrils is very foetid, it 

 is a proof that much matter is accumulated, 

 and lodged in the Jinus, or cavities of the 

 fkull, that the pituitary membrane is ulcerated, 

 and that the difeafe will put on its mod malig- 

 nant form. If the running be whitifh, of mo- 

 derate confiftence, and but litde fmell, rather 

 copious, and from both noftrils, it in general, I 

 believe, indicates an ulcer in the lungs, that 

 no lodgments of matter are yet formed in the 

 cavities of the (kull, and that the membrane is 

 not corroded. I have feen horfes in this ftate, 

 fat upon the rib, and capable of confiderable 

 labour, although dull and fad ; but the pecu- 

 liar leading fymptoms of glanders were in full 

 force upon them, to wit, the tumefa6iion of 

 the kernels, and the rottcnnefs of the hair ; 

 the difcharge^ alfo continued conftant with no 

 abatement from time. I have my doubts 

 whether this milder fpecies be at all infeftious, 

 and am in want of informatiofi why a fuperior 

 degree of malignancy exifts in the other, 

 imlefs it be entirely attributable to the circum- 

 (lance of the difcharge in that cafe fuffering 

 greater impediment. 



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