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complains of great heat about the nose and windpipe, accom- 
panied by a copious viscid discharge. The nose and surrounding 
parts become swollen, hot, excoriated, and of a bright red or livid 
colour ; one or both eyes are inflamed, or completely closed ; a 
profuse tenacious mucus, at flrst of a deep yellow, but afterwards 
of a bloody or dark sanious appearance, exudes from the nostrils, 
and occasionally from the eyes ; pustules appear on different parts 
of the body ; the temperature of the skin is increased ; the pulse 
is remarkably frequent, soft, and weak, or undulating; the re- 
spiration rapid, weak, and hollow ; the tongue dry, rough, and 
reddish-brown ; the thirst unquenchable ; the stools slimy and 
offensive ; the voice weak, and the mind incoherent or wan- 
dering. Profuse sweat, a livid or gangrened state of the nose 
and surrounding parts, delirium tremens and restlessness, are 
also observed ; followed by a sinking of all the vital powers, 
disappearance of the pulse, and death within a very few days ; 
the fetor from the discharges, and from the whole body, towards 
the close of the disease, being insupportable. When the above 
is combined with farcy in the human subject, constituting the 
variety of farcy glanders , we may observe the following additional 
symptoms : — small tumours on different parts of the body, but 
more numerous on one side than the other, having a glossy red 
appearance, which soon changes to a dark brown. They also 
affect the head or even the face, and chiefly on one side. They 
are painful, soon crack on the surface, and exude a thin acrid 
sanies. They vary in size, and are generally accompanied with 
pustules in different parts of the body. The fauces are injected 
with blood, and of a purplish hue. 
The chronic form of the disease is, in our humble opinion, a 
greater affliction than the acute; for, although the symptoms 
may not be so numerous or so intense, and the individual may 
live longer, still his life is one of loathsomeness and misery — 
isolated from his fellow-beings, and incapacitated for any em- 
ployment, and death itself being infinitely preferable. 
If we make due allowance for the greater variety of symptoms 
observed in the human subject than in the horse. We owe it, per- 
haps, in a great measure, to the superior intelligence of the 
former in giving expression to his feelings, and we cannot fail to 
observe the striking analogy that exists between the leading 
features of this disorder in both animals. We see clearly that 
glanders is essentially a disease of the respiratory organs, although 
other parts may become implicated during its progress. We see, 
also, that farcy is an affection of the glands and absorbents ; and 
that each exhibits the same, or nearly the same, symptoms, and 
pursues the same course in the human subject as it does in the 
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