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DADFS VETEEmARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 



ton — are reported as having died from inoculation of glanders. 

 This terrible disease is not often seen in Scotland, but very fre- 

 quently in England, and still more so in Ireland. From the latter 

 circumstance, the malady is often found to be imported about the 

 west coast of Scotland. London has always been rather renowned 

 for the prevalence of glanders among omnibus, cab, and other 



3BCTI0K OF A HOUSE'S HEAD SHOWING OLCEBATION OF THE SCHNEIDERIAN MEMBEABK, 

 CONSTITrTES THE DIAGNOSTIC SYMPTOM OF GLANDERS. 



ExruuiATiOR. — On contrasting the above picture with the one on the opposite pcge, the 

 SWder will perceiTe, in the above, a number of dark spots on the lining membrsne of the 

 loe« (scbneiderian), showing the cbauicreoua ulcerations which oonatitate the dlAgnostis 

 lymptoms of glanders. 



L The cerebrum, or anterior portion of the brain. 



8. The cerebellum, or posterior portion of the brain. 



8. The spinal cord. 



4. Shows a section of the cerrlcal vertebreB, or bones of ths oeok. 



6. The oBsophflgns. 



6. The windpipe. 



T. The tongue. 



•. Section of the occipital bone. 



10. The schneiderian membrane. 



11. A mascle known as the stemo mazillarias. It is located beneath the neok^ and )i m- 

 Mrt«d into the angle of the lower Jaw and the (tont part of the breast bone. Its aotioE is t» 

 •Id In dosing the month and drawing the bead downward toward the breast; oos miUMiU wio 

 tog draws the head to one side. 



12. The frontal sinoses. 



IS. Section of the anterior portion of the npper jav. 



14. The bard palate. 



15. The strong ligament of the spine known as the ligamentmn safflarlnni. 

 1€. Section of the inferior portion of the cervical vertebra 



.Morses. A very strict supervision is maintained, and all glanderod 

 ^lorses are destroyed when discovered; but neverthelesa we can 

 state, on good authority, that the omnibus horses of London have 

 Bofleied very severely from this disease, and do so stilL The par- 



