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No. 8 inoculated with morbid tissue Irom the case W l, on the 

 left chest, breast, plica gcnn, and in the nose cavity. On the 

 3rd day after inoculation a distinct local swelling appeared in the 

 skin, and stinking purulent discharge from both nostrils ; these 

 .symptoms persisted for some daj s, and from the 2nd week the 

 swelling and nasal discharge gradually lessened. Complete 

 reco\"cry on the 27th daj- after inoculation. 



Case .wit. 



Black stallion, 4 years old, observed on Aug. 9th, '88. 



Clinico-auatomical appearances'. — Farc\- boils on the in- 

 ferior lip, breast, inferior part of thorax, and in the prcputium ; 

 slight swelling of both intermaxillary glands. According to 

 aiiainiiesis, the farcy was first noticed on Juh' 2nd. 1888. 

 PostinortevL section : numerous nodules in the subcutis (;\-en in 

 intermuscular tissue. Numerous nodules and ulcers from miliary 

 to pea size in the Schneiderian membrane of both nasal ca\ ities ; 

 one nodule in the epiglottis : a few miliar)" nodules in lungs, and 

 an apple-sized abscess in the left testicle. 



No inoculatio)!. 



CASE Will. 



Dark chestnut stallion, 8 years old, obscr\ed on Aug. 

 9th, '88. 



C/inico-aiitiioiuical appcai-ances : — Man}' farc\' boils 011 the 

 breast, both shoulders, the left side of chest, the sheath of penis, 

 &c. According to anamnesis the first s)-mptoms ap])eared 

 this May in the abdominal region, whence it spread over the 

 body. Postmortem section ; characteristic ulcers in the depth of 

 nose cavity and on the epiglottis ; a few sinapis-sizcd nodules in 

 lungs. Testicles and other organs normal. 



No inocnlation. 



The cases I\ -W III were observed in Sendai din-ing the 

 summer of 1888. Our object was, at that time, to prove whether 

 this skin disease was veritable farcy or of a different nature. 

 Consequentl)' we followed, in undertaking our experiments, the 

 method prescribed by ScJiiit.z and Loeffler. The content of farcy 

 boils and morbid tissues from various organs were subjected to a 



