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der, excessive exertion, &o. In the former, the 

 discharge is from one nostril only, or much more 

 from one than from the other; and there is no 

 cough or other symptom of catarrh or cold, or 

 any other disorder. In the latter, on the con- 

 trary, there is cough, either dry or moist; and it 

 is preceded by loss of appetite, or falling oflF in 

 appetite, and depression of spirits. 



The symptoms of the second stage are, the 

 altered appearance of the nasal discharge, which 

 has become more glutinous, and adheres to the 

 edges of the nostril, with a contraction and par- 

 tial closing of the nostril, with increased tender- 

 ness of the swelling under the jaw, which adheres 

 more closely to the jaw-boD^. ; the discharge is 

 somewhat streaked with blo^d, and of an offen- 

 sive smell. The discharge i« now from both nos- 

 trils. There is a slight tumefaction of the under 

 eyelid, a swelling or elevation of the bones of 

 the nose or forehead. Loss of appetite, debility, 

 cough, and swelling of the leg<=i and sheath, and 

 sometimes lameness without any apparent cause, 

 chancres or ulcerations within the nostrils, great 

 tenderness of the glands under the j?w, which 

 now adhere close to the jaw-bone, a small dis- 

 charge of matter from the inner cornei of the 

 eye. When these symptoms appear, the disease 

 soon proceeds to a fatal termination. The above 

 symptoms are not all peculiar to glanders, but 

 may occur in strangles, peripneumony, and pleu- 

 risy. The glutinous discharge, the swelling of 

 the glands under the jaw, and the ulceration 



