ii8 Cfthe GLANDERS. 



Difieai- But onr author, after examining by dlf- 

 ons prove feflion, the carcafTes of glanuered horfes, 



the leac of , ^ . n • o r • • ^ 



the <Tlan- ^"^ making a Itrict Icrutiny into the 



ders'^to be ftate of the vifcera^ aiTifted for that pur- 



jn the ca- pofe by ingenious and expert anatomifts, 



T-T ^H ^^" years together, affirms this dif- 



snd not ' ^^^^ ^^ ^^ altogether local ; and that the 



in the vif- true feat of it is in \\iQ pituitary mem- 



ceia. brane, which lines the partition along 



the infide of the nofe, the mamllary finujjes 



or cavities of the cheek-bones on each 



fide the nofe, and the frontal finujfes or 



cavities above the orbits of the eyes ; that 



the vifcera, as liver, lungs, &c, of glan- 



dered horfes are in general exceeding 



found *, and confequently that the feat 



of this diforder, is not in thofe parts, as 



has been aiTerted by mofc authors ; nor 



indeed is it probable it fhould : for how 



could fuch horfes preferve their appetite, 



their good appearance, fleek and fl:ining 



coats ', in a word, all the figns of health 



for many years together (which many 



glandered horfes are knov/n to enjoyj 



with fuch diftempered bowels ? 



Ocular But on nicely examining the heads of 



demon- fuch horles, he found the cavities abov^ 

 iiracion of nientioned, more or lefs, filled with a 

 ^^' vifcous (limy matter, the membrane 



which 



