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GLANDERS AND FARC Y. 
was extending upwards. He ordered the solution already pre- 
scribed to be injected up the nostril, and also small doses ot‘ 
calomel. Carrot poultices were applied occasionally, and gave 
temporary relief ; sarsaparilla was also prescribed. 
“ The disease soon began to assume a most alarming appear- 
ance. I urged the medical attendants to have recourse to kreo- 
stote. They consented, and prescribed an ointment in the propor- 
tion of one drachm of the kreostote to seven drachms of lard. The 
slightest application of this produced the most agonizing pain, 
and, of course, it was immediately discontinued, and the kreostote 
condemned. I affirmed that a fair tri^l had not been given it ; 
and, as they considered the case of my son hopeless, 1 respect- 
fully told them that I should pursue my own course. 
“ There was now profuse nasal discharge, accompanied by the 
most offensive smell, and ulceration extending into, and seeming 
to occupy the whole of the nasal cavities. There was great pros- 
tration of strength, cold perspirations, pulse 112, laborious 
breathing, and every other appearance of approaching death. 
“ I added two minims to an ounce of water, and injected the 
mixture up the nose as high and as universally as I could. I 
pledge my honour that, after the third injection, an almost ma- 
gical effect took place : the discharge, in a great measure, ceased ; 
and two days after the ulcers began to assume a healthy appear- 
ance, and have since rapidly improved. 
“ The ulcers have now lost their chancrous character, and are 
assuming a healthy granulating appearance. His diet was nutri- 
tious, but no solid foot was allowed ; and, in the course of every 
day, he drinks a tumbler full of good ale : yesterday, he rode out 
for an hour.” 
Without pledging ourselves for the scientific accuracy with 
which cause and effect are made out in the foregoing case, we, 
nevertheless, think it worthy of perusal. For our own parts, we 
should be inclined to argue, that as glanders is not merely a local 
disease, ergo , no local application could necessarily restore a 
structure affected with it to perfect health. It is more a consti- 
tutional than a local affection ; and if we wish to eradicate a 
malady which pervades the entire system, we must go deeper 
than the surface before we can obtain that desired end : any 
other modus medendi must be regarded as sheer quackery. 
Sporting Magazine, March 1841, p. 100. 
