GLANDERS. 137 



It is frequently produced by great debility, but 

 most frequently by bad atmosphere, which irritates 

 the air passages, and gradually developes the disease. 



The first symptoms of glanders are a thin glassy 

 discharge from one or both nostrils, which, after a 

 time, becomes purulent. It is also to be distinguished 

 from other discharges by its stickiness and tenacity ; 

 and, according to the intensity of the inflammation, the 

 discharge presents a green or dusky yellow hue. 



This condition may last for months, and I once 

 hunted an animal affected with glanders for two months 

 previous to discovering its existence. 



The sympathetic glands will be found to be much 

 swollen, andjixed closely to the jaw bone. 



The nostril will become ulcerated, and the inside of 

 the thighs will fill and become dreadfully sore to the 

 touch. Small ulcers will now break out all over the 

 body, resembling bladders in the first instance, con- 

 taining a purulent clear fluid. 



As no course of treatment has been of any avail up 

 to the present time, I will here leave the consideration 

 of this disease, hoping that I may have explained the 

 symptoms with sufficient clearness to lead to its de- 

 tection. 



FARCY. 



Farcy is merely a modification of the previous 

 disease, and may and frequently does terminate in 

 glanders. 



The hind limbs are usually the first affected, chiefly, 



