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Status presens on June 29th ; — farcy eruption on the head, right 

 shoulder, thorax, both anterior extremities, right hypochon- 

 drial and sternal region, left hind quarter, both thighs, hock 

 joint of the left posterior extremity, praeputium, &c. The left 

 anterior extremity, right carpus and both posterior extremities 

 swollen ; intermaxillary glands slightly enlarged and hard 

 to the touch. Bluish yellow mucous fluid discharged from both 

 nostrils ; many ulcers visible in the m.m. of both nose cavities. 

 Temperature 39. i°C. Destroyed and dissected. 



Postmortem appearance : — Many ulcers in nose cavities ; 

 nodular Jierds in both testicles ; plenty of miliary nodules in 

 lungs. 



Inoculation of guinea pigs on June 29th. 



Male guinea pig No. 23, inoculated with pulmonary nodules, 

 showed, from the next day, a local inflammatory swelling. 

 July 7th (9th day), the plica gland swollen to pea size, and 

 on the i6th (l8th day), to hazelnut size ; the swelling afterwards 

 reduced, and on July 25th (27th day) it became again of pea size. 

 On August lOth (42nd day), quite healthy. 



Male guinea pig No. 24, inoculated with nodules of lung, 

 showed, from the next day, a strong local inflammation, and then 

 a swelling of plica gland to pea size. July 23rd (25th day), the 

 animal died from gastro-enteritis. Autopsy revealed a small sup- 

 purative Jierd in the swollen plica gland. Culture experiment 

 of the pus on bacillus mallei was negative. 



Male guinea pig No. 25, inoculated with nodules of lung. 

 Local and glandular symptoms nearly the same as the pre- 

 ceding but slighter in degree. Result : recovery. 



Male guinea pig No. 26, inoculated with ulcerative tissue 

 of nose. Local and glandular swellings stronger than in the 

 preceding. Plica gland swollen to hazelnut size ; afterwards 

 complete resorption. 



Case ix. 



Bay stallion, 6 years old, examined on June 30th, 1888. 



Clinical remarks : — According to anamtiesis, the first farcy 

 nodes appeared, in January, on the right thorax, breast, axillary 

 region, and then on the inferior belly. From April the nose 



