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the large and the small. One is no bigger than a grain of sand; the 
other is as large as half a pea. The disease which follows both is the 
same,—is equally contagious and is equally fatal. It will also be re- 
marked, the membrane appears swollen and partially discolored in the 
case of glanders. It loses its bright, fleshy, or healthy hue; and it 
assumes a dull, heavy, and dropsical aspect. It will likewise be 
observed that comparatively few blood-vessels are ramifying upon the 
affected membrane, which sign, in a well-marked case, is often so obvious 
as to become a leading indication of the disorder. 
THE SEPTUM NASI OF AN OLD HORSE, SHOWING THE DIFFERENT KINDS AND STAGES OF GLANDERS. 
1. A large tubercle, 
. The same in the ulcerative stage, pale in the center and dark at the edges. 
. The same ulcers after they have united, slouzhed in one another, or become confluent. 
. The roughness which announces granular tubercles to be beneath the skin. 
. The slightly elevated condition of the membrane when granular tubercles appear. 
Granular tubercles in the vesicular stage. 
. Granular tubercles in the ulcerative stage. 
. Granular tubercles after they have ulcerated and assumed the confluent form. 
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It is usual for low dealers, when a tubercle in the vesicular stage is 
detected, to assert that it is only a piece of mucus. To test such asser- 
tion, wrap a portion of tow, or anything soft, round a small stick, and 
wipe the place. If it be mucus, it will be removed; but if it remains, 
the reader may rest assured as to its nature. When an ulcer is seen, 
the dishonest salesman will laugh, and ask if that is all the inspector 
THE TURBINATED BONES OF A YOUNG HORSE WHICH WAS FREE FROM GLANDERS, SHOWING THOSE APPEAR- 
ANCES A GLANDERED NOSTRIL IS OFTEN ASSERTED TO EXHIBIT. 
1. A punctured wound, the skin removed, but darkest toward the center. 
2. A lacerated wound, with a flap of pendant membrane. 
3. A scratch—long and rough—having the edges slightly raised. 
can discover—declaring the horse recently hurt itself against a nail. 
The interior of the nostril is a very sheltered part, and, therefore, very 
unlikely to be wounded. Yetso that the reader may be prepared to 
