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its character. Pulse 44 — the extremities possessing a healthy 
warmth. We gave tart. ant. 3i, sp. nit. aeth. 5b tinct. opii §ss, in 
half a pint of warm water. Dressed leg with a digestive. The 
animal going on well, the smith was entrusted with the care 
of it. 
From some peculiar cause or neglect, the smith was allowed to 
keep the key of the stable, and no report was made of the ani- 
mal’s welfare. On February 7th I was requested to make a 
post-mortem examination, and ascertain the cause of death. On 
laying open the stomach and intestines, not a particle of food 
was to be found in the former. A fluid was found in the intes- 
tines. I asked the waggoner whether he had given the horse 
any thing to eat : he replied he had nothing to do with it, as 
the smith did for him ; and so the poor creature was perfectly 
starved to death, and the miscreant who was the cause of it 
escaped the punishment which he deserved. 
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No. XXVI. 
Glanders. 
You would much oblige me by favouring me with your opinion 
of the following case : — 
I was requested to examine a four-year-old mare on the 17th 
of June last. She was sent a distance of seventeen miles; and 
after examination, I gave it as my opinion, from the following 
symptoms, that the mare was glandered. First, a copious dis- 
charge from both nostrils, of a mixed quality, that is, a portion 
of thick lumpy matter, mixed with a thin watery like discharge, 
very adhesive, but no offensive smell. Secondly, the Schneiderian 
membrane of a blue-red colour, ulcerated in patches, and in places 
covered with a thin and scabby-like portion of matter. The 
ulcers were very vascular, and bled from the pressure of the 
sponge : here and there they were granulated or chancre-like. 
Thirdly, Great enlargement in both maxillary glands, a little ten- 
der to pressure, but no adherence to the bone. Fourthly, a large 
abscess on the antea-spinatus muscle of the off shoulder, and seve- 
ral distended lymphatic vessels running in different directions, 
and, in places, a beautiful arborescent appearance, particularly on 
the side of the neck ; also numerous little ulcers about the com- 
missures of the lips. Fifthly, her general appearance, as regards 
