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TWO CASES OF PSEUDO-GLANDERS CURED 
WITH CREASOTE. 
By the same. 
The patient was a brown pony, twelve years old, the property 
of Mr. Williams, of Whitechapel. The membrane of the nose was 
inflamed and ulcerated, and there was a discharge from the near 
nostril. The submaxillary gland on the near side was firmly ad- 
herent to the jaw. The coat unkind. I informed the owner there 
was but little chance for the pony. Being, however, a great 
favorite, the owner told me he was prepared to allow both time and 
expense, providing the pony could be brought round. I gave 
cantharides, five grains daily, with a drachm of sulphate of copper, 
ginger and gentian one drachm each, for fourteen days. No better. 
A few farcy buds on the near thigh. I then gave diniodide of 
copper in drachm doses, continuing other medicines for about 
a month, and had the gland dressed with iodine ointment, and 
passed a seton over the nasal bones. The gland has grown softer ; 
but the discharge from the nose is no better : it hangs about the 
nostril, and smells badly. There is also now a discharge from the other 
nostril. The owner not wishing me to despair, I altered my treat- 
ment. I gave 3j of creasote in water twice a day, and had a weak 
solution injected up the nostril every other day ; having him cast, 
and his head held up for the purpose. This treatment I continued 
for about six weeks, when tjie pony proved perfectly cured. The 
• owner was much pleased. This happened in the year 1844, and I 
saw the pony in September 1847 ; he was then perfectly well : 
the owner informed me he had never had a relapse. 
The second case is a bay gelding, the property of Mr. Moses, of 
Aldgate ; not Moses the tailor. 
The patient is eight years old, fifteen and a half hands high. 
He was at livery at the Bull Inn, Aldgate. Mr. Nelson, the owner 
of the stables, considering him a glandered horse, would not have 
him on the premises any longer. I had him sent to my infirmary. 
Symptoms . — The membrane of the nose inflamed and ulcerated ; 
gland fixed to the jaw on the near side ; the discharge from his 
nose has an offensive smell. I passed a seton over the nasal bones ; 
gave a drachm of creasote in water twice a-day, and injected a 
weak solution up the nostril. This treatment I continued for about 
six weeks, when he was sent home perfectly cured. This took 
place in the year 1845. I saw him in October 1847 ; he had 
continued well. 
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