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stand. He had consiant rigors, a burning skin, white tongue, and 
his pulse was 120, The wound in the hand was infizmed, 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 pyemia. 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 bccame 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 asixpence. 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, be 
died. The eruption, some hours before his death, in parts, had 
disappeared ; but in others a fresh crop sprang up, partienlarly 
over the region of the sternum. These were, however, of the 
same character, but smaller. No post-mortem examination was 
made.* 
CoNTAWIOUSNESS OF GLANDERS. 
Mr. PerctvauL submits the following deductions, regarding 
the contagiousness of glanders, as the result of facts gleaned from 
his own experience: 
“41, That farcy and glanders, w iich constitute tne same disease, 
* Medical Times and Gazette 
