GLANDERS AND FAKCY. 151 



Biand. He had constant rigors, a burning skin, white tongue, and 

 his pulse was 120. The wound in the hand was inflamed, and 

 the calf of the right leg and the thigh were swollen, and evidently 

 the seats of abscesses. These were freely opened, with relief. He 

 was ordered effervescing medicine, and two pints cf porter. The 

 case was then regarded as one of pyaemia. On the 14th he was 

 much relieved. He had slept tolerably. The abscesses discharged 

 freely, and he was able to take his food. On the 15th he was seized 

 with vomiting, bringing up a dark bilious fluid. His powers were 

 less. Wine was given freely. On the ,16th the vomiting continued, 

 and he complained of a pain in the left thigh. An abscess was dis- 

 covered, on examination, which was freely opened. The man, at 

 this time, was physically in a very low condition. He took brandy, 

 eggs, and other liquid nourishment with avidity. His manner was 

 peculiar, and somewhat excited. On the 17th another abscess was 

 opened in the left arm. On the 18th the left foot became the seat 

 of an abscess, and on the 19th, for the first time, a pustular erup- 

 tion was observed on the face and body, which suggested to Mr. 

 Birkett the probability that some animal poison was the cause of 

 all this mischief. 



The eruption was peculiar, having no definite shape. It ap- 

 peared to be more like small irregular blebs, containing pus, vary- 

 ing from the size of a pea to a sixpence. Some were round, others 

 oval, and others of an irregular form. Toward evening, also, his 

 breathing became much impaired, a bloody mucus obstructing the 

 nostrils. Toward night he became delirious; his powers became 

 less, the nasal discharge more profuse, and at 1.30, on the 20th, he 

 died. The eruption, some hours before his death, in parts, had 

 disappeared ; but in others a fresh crop sprang up, particularly 

 over the region of the sternum. These were, however, of the 

 same character, but smaller. No post-mortem examination waa 

 made.* 



Contagiousness of Glanders. 



Mr. Percivall submits the following deductions, regarding 

 the contagiousness of glanders, as the result of facts gleaned from 

 his own experience: 



" 1. That farcy and glanders, which constitute the same disease, 



* Medical Times and Gazette 



