ULCERATIVE LYMPHANaiTIS. 



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consequently ulcers may form on the lower part of the body. 

 Sometimes the abscesses and the corded condition of the lymphatics 

 disappear and the ulcers heal up in the summer, orly to oome on 

 again during the next cold weather. Recovery may take place 

 spontaneously, or the attack may continue for several years. 

 Nooard lays great stress on the fact that in all the cases which 



Fig. 146. — Ulcerative lymphangitis. 



he has seen, the lymphatic glands of the groin of an affected limb 

 never became hard or had abscesses, although occasionally they 

 might become somewhat enlarged. 



Fig. 146 shows the near hind leg of a horse in South Africa 

 which was suffering from this disease. The inside of the leg was 

 ulcerated in a manner similar to the outside of the limb. 



Post-mortem examination often shows that suppuration has ex- 

 tended to the kidneys, but never to the liver, spleen, or lungs. 



