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tenth day, he experienced a sense of oppression on the chest. 
The dry-looking conjunctiva, taken in connexion with the thirst 
and dryish state of the tongue, evince the irritative fever that was 
creeping on. Notwithstanding the constant use of linseed poul- 
tices, suppuration did not take place, but the swelling gradually 
subsided. 
Death by Glanders. 
About three weeks ago, Messrs. Wing, grocers and druggists, of 
Melton Mowbray, had a horse die, which they sold to a knacker 
named Whitaker, of Melton Mowbray, for ten shillings. Whita- 
ker skinned the horse, and a few da}^s afterwards was taken ill, 
and kept gradually getting worse until Tuesda}'' last, when he died. 
It appeared that the horse died of the glanders, and, when Whita- 
ker was skinning it, he accidentally rubbed his head on his hand, 
having at the same time a small pimple on his head, which caused 
inoculation and its fearful consequences. 
A mail named Pick, an old servant of Messrs. Wing, has also 
died from the same frightful disease, he having had the care and 
management of the horse until it died ; but how the disease was 
conveyed to him is not known. Another man, named Hawley, 
who assisted Whitaker to skin the horse, has been taken ill, and 
it is much to be feared that his is the same disease. It is also 
reported that some pigs that had lain upon some of the straw that 
had been used by the horse had manifested signs of the disease. 
The whole of the furniture in the room where Whitaker died, 
consisting of two beds, bedstead, &c. were burnt the same evening 
that he died, to prevent, if possible, the contagion, by order of the 
surgeon who attended . — Leicester Journal. 
We are indebted to a correspondent for the following additional 
particulars : — The first symptoms of Whitaker having caught the 
disease exhibited themselves when he was in bed the following 
night. He complained that his head was as heavy as if a hundred 
weight was upon it, and that he could not lift it. His wife paid 
every attention to him, and medical aid was called in, but without 
avail. The second symptoms were, discharges of foetid matter from 
the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears, after which the body broke out all 
over like the small-pox, from which discharges were constantly 
taking place; A short time before dissolution the body turned 
quite black, thus exhibiting in every stage of the disease the viru- 
lent nature of the infection. Hawley is, we understand, better ; 
but it has been found necessary to destroy one of the pigs. — Nots, 
Mercury. 
