Chap. XXVIII. Of the Glanders, 6cc. 103 



But that this may yet be the more readily 7he Glanders 

 apprehended, we fhall confider it in all its confJer d in all 

 different Stages. Firjl^ As it is a fimple i^i Stages. 

 Running ; Secondly ^ As it becomes an Ulcer : And under 

 this Head it may be alfo confider'd in a twofold Refpedl, as 

 it is an Ulcer in the Flefhy Parts, and as it becomes an Ul- 

 cer in the Bony Parts. And tho' this be only an advaiKed 

 Degree of the fame Difeale, yet we have made this Diftinc- 

 tion in Compliance with thofe, who, in its laft Stage have 

 call'd it the Mounwig of the Chine. 



Now this Difeafe at firft is no other than a Superfluity cf 

 Matter proceeding from the foft fpongy Flefh in tlie upper 

 Part of the Nofe, and that it is caufed by an over-great 

 Plenty of Blood from the Arteries into thofe Parts ; for by 

 this Means that glandulous Flelh becomes inlarged : And 

 whereas in its natural State there is nothing feparated from 

 it but a little Moifture, which in Horfes is hardly perceiv- 

 able, and ferves chiefly to refrefh thofe Parts which are the 

 Organs of Swelling ; yet now that the Glands are dilated 

 and fwell'd, there is a conliderable CXiantity of Matter con- 

 tinually difcharged from their Excretory Dufts. 



And whether this proceeds from a Cold,or from the Stran- 

 gles, or from Infedion, or an inward Wafte and Decay, it 

 will foon degenerate into an Ulcer, and the Matter being 

 pent up within thofe Paflages,mufteaiily acquire a more than 

 ordinary Degree of Putrefaction, whereby it turns corroflve, 

 wallies and deftroys the Veiiels ; fo that inftead of that fu- 

 perfluous Difcharge which was in the Beginning of. the Di- 

 Itemper, from the common Pailages of the Gland, the 

 Matter now proceeds from the ruptur'd and torn Vellcls ; 

 and therefore if the Horfe lives until the Glanders turn to 

 an Ulcer, the Matter is frequently llreaked with Blood. 



But in the lall Stage of this Diftemper, the intolerable 

 Stench, and a difcolour'd Corruption, denotes the Bones to 

 be ulcerated as well as the Flefh ; and how this may hap- 

 pen, is not diflicult to be conceiv'd, efpecially if it be re- 

 member'd, that the Bone, in which the fpongy Flefli is feat- 

 ed, is alfo itfelf very fpongy. Now as this Bone is open and 

 full of Pores, it muft eaflly become a fit Receptacle for a 

 more than ordinary Quantity of the common Juices ; and 

 when thefe are perpetually falling into it, changing its Na- 

 ture from that of a Bone, it turns into a Caries^ and be- 

 comes like dead mortifled Flefn, fo that ail the Alatter that 

 comes from thence is of an aihy or black Colour 3 and when 

 P 4 it 



