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ders. About the date of the mare's death Mr. A. and his 

 son became ill with a sickness which at first puzzled the 

 physicians ; the veterinarian told one of them that he be- 

 lieved the animal died of glanders, and suggested the possi- 

 bility of the men having contracted the disease. This was 

 found to be the case, Mr. A. dying of glanders two weeks 

 later and the son about ten days after Mr. A. This occur- 

 rence was particularly sad, as the boy was an only child, 

 the widow being doubly bereaved by the loss of her hus- 

 band and son so near together. 



The case in the mare was one of those obscure cases 

 where the lesions occurred chiefly in the lungs, and the 

 usual enlarged glands in the sub-maxillary region ; nasal 

 discharge and chancres on the septum nasi were wanting. 

 She undoubtedly had lesions of glanders in her lungs when 

 taken to camp, and the change of surroundings and work 

 caused it to develop in an acute pulmonary form soon after 

 the return to Fitchburg. There is ample reason for be- 

 lieving this to be the fact, because two more horses owned 

 by Mr. A, were killed by order of the commission July 23, 

 and another one owned by his estate November 3, there 

 being every reason to believe that some of these animals were 

 diseased prior to the mare being let to go to Framingham. 

 Furthermore, a list was obtained of all the horses ridden 

 by ofiicers of the Sixth Regiment at camp in June, and an 

 agent of the board or the inspector in the towns where they 

 were kept examined them all, some seventeen or eighteen 

 in number, and they were found to be free from disease. 

 Only one was not seen, as it had been sent out of the 

 State, but there is no reason to suspect that it was un- 

 healthy. No trouble has as yet been reported from any of 

 these horses. 



In addition to the animals killed, eight others kept in 

 Mr. A.'s stables were quarantined and kept under observa- 

 tion, permission being given to use them, but not to sell 

 them. The eight remaining horses were finally released 

 from quarantine November 26, all having been tested with 

 mallein and failing to react, showing no physical signs 

 of disease at that time, and the stables having been thor- 

 oughly disinfected. 



