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GLANDERS AND FARCY. 
or, in other words, that the latter was not a distinct affection, 
but merely a modification of the former; and that the human 
subject, as well as the quadrumana, was liable to be affected 
with either. We now propose laying before our readers a brief 
account of the leading symptoms and appearances of both, as 
observed in man, and in the horse, and then, by instituting a 
comparison between them, we shall be enabled to see how far 
our account of the matter is borne out by facts. 
Glanders may appear in the horse in different forms. 1st, It 
may exist in a simple form, or may be combined with farcy. 
2d, These varieties may appear separately. 3d, They may 
assume a chronic, or an acute form. The same remarks apply 
equally to the human subject. 
The following are the characteristic symptoms of the acute form 
of simple glanders in the horse : — Intense inflammation of the 
pituitary membrane, attended by erosions, which soon pass into 
chancre-like sores ; swelling of the lips and nose ; rapid extension 
of the ulceration, giving rise to a purulent discharge, which often 
passes into a purplish or bloody and horribly fetid sanies ; sub- 
sequently, gangrene of the membrane of the nose, with increased 
discharge, and sometimes with slight haemorrhage ; swelling and 
pain of the sublingual glands ; inflammation of the conjunctiva 
and eyelids, quickly passing into a livid and swollen state, with 
an offensive sanious discharge and fever of a putrid or malignant 
character. Respiration becomes laborious and hurried, and the 
superficial bloodvessels congested, the animal dying in a few 
days, or after a longer or shorter interval. 
When the foregoing is complicated with farcy, it is called 
farcy-glanders, and usually presents the following additional 
appearances : — small tumours about the legs, lips, face, neck, or 
other parts of the body — -these tumours varying in size, and in the 
rapidity of their progress to ulceration. They sometimes create 
little inconvenience ; but, at other times, are large, painful, nu- 
merous, and rapid in their course. They are, at first, hard ; soon 
become soft, burst, and degenerate into foul ulcers, with abrupt 
edges, and of a pale glossy appearance. Lines of communi- 
cation are ordinarily observed between these tumours or ulcers, 
especially when seated on the inside of the limbs. These lines are 
inflamed or enlarged absorbents. Such are the principal features 
of glanders and farcy in the horse. Let us now turn to the 
human subject afflicted with those maladies. 
Simple acute glanders exhibits the following train of symptoms 
in man : — Head-ach, irritability of stomach, depression of spirits, 
prostration of strength, stiffness and severe constant pain of the 
joints, aggravated by motion and excessive thirst. The sufferer 
