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numberless miliary tubercles, which, upon being scraped 
w ith a scalpel, exhibited small roughened depressions of a 
pale colour. The fauces highly inflamed, with similar tu- 
bercles, but less numerous. No ulcers could be discovered. 
It may be necessary to state that, at the time each of the 
accompanying cases occurred, glanders and farcy existed ; 
and these might have been looked upon as glanders in an 
acute form ; but the absence of ulceration and corded lym- 
phatic vessels not being discoverable in the vicinity of the 
parts tumefied, led me to a different opinion. 
*** Mr. Thacker is correct in his pathological observa- 
tion; though, ordinarily, thp cases w r ould have been pro- 
nounced “ glanders and farcy.” — [Ed. Vet.] 
Case III. — Mad Staggers. (Phrenitis.) 
A bay gelding, seven years old, running at grass daily for 
five or six hours, v r as observed for a few days to be dull, 
hanging his head when in the stable ; though continuing to 
eat w'hilst out at grass. On the evening of the 1 4th of 
January, 1853, the . dulness had increased, and the animal 
evinced an objection to move. Upon examination, the re- 
spiration w r as found to be tranquil ; pulse 40 per minute and 
full; the conjunctival membranes turgid, and of a livid hue; 
and the bowels constipated. Was bled largely, and a powerful 
cathartic was administered. On the following day, he ex- 
hibited signs of restlessness ; mouth hot ; pulsations 40 per 
minute, and full as on the previous day ; breathing still un- 
disturbed; the upper lip oedematous. Bleeding was again 
had recourse to, and Ext. Belladonnae in solution given every 
four hours, and used also in enemata. In the evening the 
symptoms had become fearfully aggravated ; the pulse quick- 
ened ; respiration accelerated ; much restlessness ; the head 
occasionally thrust against the wall ; the body bedewed with 
perspiration. The left temporal artery and jugular vein were 
opened, and allowed to bleed ad libitum, : the pulse being 
examined at short intervals. But no relief w'as afforded. 
The restlessness proceeded to violence ; pawing, rearing, 
rushing backwards and forwards, as far as the means of 
restraint would allow ; the breathing became stertorous, eyes 
amaurotic, convulsions, death. 
Autopsy. — The chylopoietic viscera w 7 ere healthy ; the 
stomach and bowels containing an ordinary quantity of 
ingesta, and in a semi-fluid state. The heart and lungs 
normal. Upon examining the brain, from one to two drachms 
of coagulated blood w r as found situate upon the medulla 
