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mucous membrane of the genito-urinary apparatus, and of the 
respiratory passages, mostly pale and covered with altered 
mucus, rarely with ulcers ; the lymphatic glands generally 
are more or less swollen; the testicles brown and soft; the blood 
black and thick ; the fat is converted into a pulpy mass ; in 
rare cases there is inflammatory redness of the membranes of 
the cord, frequently watery eflusion in the spinal canal, the 
nervous tissue of the marrow is softened, especially in the 
lumbar region. 
Treatment . — Rodloff says there are three things indicated : 
1st. To favour the secretions and excretions of the ali- 
mentary canal, to excite especially the portal system. 
2dly. To awaken the energy of the vascular apparatus ; 
improve the process of sanguification and condition of the 
blood; attempt thus to activate assimilation ; bring back to 
the healthy state the functions of the skin and secretory 
organs. 
3dly, and before all, reanimate the nervous system, the 
regulator of all the functions, specially attending to the 
posterior portion of the spinal cord. 
Discarding mercurials and antimonial preparations, Rodloff 
exalts the use of ammoniacal salts, diffusible stimulants, 
camphor, iron, aromatics and bitters, mucilaginous substances 
and iodine to the external swellings, with strict attendance 
to hygienic measures. Here some remarks follow on castra- 
tion tending to check the malady, or rather to afford precious 
time for its treatment. Stallions affected by the disease are 
disqualified for a period of three years in Prussia, and the 
proprietor cannot sell him, so that even in the case of an ex- 
ceptional stock-getter, it must appear advisable to turn him 
to good account as a gelding. 
The sanitary measures enforced by law relate to the pre- 
vention of intercourse. The separation of diseased animals, 
and usual means in epizootics to disinfect localities, are of no 
use, as it is only by direct contact in coition that the disease 
spreads. 
Simon and Erdt, in the Berlin Magazine for April, 1855, 
attempt the demonstration of some relation between glanders, 
farcy, and the disease in question. They are somewhat con- 
vincing in their arguments ; but how many cases considered 
glanders have not the slightest approach to it ? The question 
rests on the certainty of diagnosis in either affection, and the 
careful study of their morbid lesions. 
On certain Colours assumed by Milk under 
various circumstances. — Living in London, when blue 
milk is spoken of, a natural inference is that it is adulterated^ 
