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weeks, or otherwise to inoculate an ass with the suspected 

 matter. 



If both nostrils are affected, and the symptoms are but slight, 

 the case is not so decided as if one only is affected. 



If there be a cough, and the other symptoms are slight, the 

 chances are, that it is not a case of glanders, for although cough 

 is sometimes present in glanders, yet it denotes some pulmonary 

 affection, in which case the symptoms of glanders are usually 

 severe. The absence of a cough, therefore, and the presence of 

 the other symptoms, is very suspicious. The existence of ulcers 

 in the nostrils, together with a discharge, is not alone sufficient 

 proofs of glandei^s being present, for these symptoms are some- 

 times produced by catarrh, the previous existence of which it is 

 desirable to ascertain. If the discharge from the nose be very 

 offensive when it first appears, the probability is, that it is not a 

 case of glanders, although ulcers may be seen. These symptoms 

 are called ozena, and are sometimes produced by the influenzn. 

 Some time since, I met with a case of this sort ; it was preceded 

 by swellings of the extremities. There was considerable ulcer- 

 ation in both nostrils, together with a discharge so horribly 

 offensive, that it could be discovered thirty yards off. The horse 

 was young and valuable, and being separated from other hoi's'es, 

 he was submitted to treatment which consisted of vegetable and 

 mineral tonics internally, and the nostrils were daily injected 

 with a weak solution of chloride of lime. 



The diet was liberal, and the horse was worked moderately 

 by himself in the course of a month, and about six weeks after- 

 wards the symptoms disappeared, and he has been regularly at 

 work for the last two years. 



By an attention to these rules, assisted by experience, the 

 veterinary surgeon will generally be enabled to decide correctly 

 as to the presence of glanders, and the owner himself to form a 

 pretty shrewd opinion resjjecting it. — Ed.] 



According to MM. Chabert and Huzard, the following 

 morbid appearances are observable on opening glandered horses : 

 — 1st. "Tumours are generally found on the lungs, such as 

 hydatids, tubercles, and obstructions. The bronchial glands 

 are enlarged, and sometimes contain matter, and this sometimes 

 is the only morbid apj^earance observable in the lungs. The 

 membrane which lines the windpipe and its branches is often 

 inflamed and ulcerated, and the latter are often filled with 

 matter similar to that discharged by the nostrils. The internal 

 surface of the bones, which form the nose and the cartilaginous 

 partition between the nostrils, are often carious and covered 

 with matter. The spleen, the liver, and the kidneys, are often 

 diseased, sometimes in a considerable degree. When these last 

 organs are injured, it may be known by the pus discharged with 



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