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THE ADVANTAGEOUS USE OF CREOSTOTE IN 
GLANDERS IN THE HUMAN SUBJECT. 
By J. W. IONS, Esqr. V.S., Waterford. 
[In February last I received a letter from Mr. Ions, stating the 
dangerous and dreadful situation of his son, who had been acci- 
dentally inoculated with the matter of glanders. From a mis- 
direction of the letter, I did not receive it until six days after its 
date. I immediately communicated with Dr. Elliotson, who, 
with a degree of kindness which Mr. Ions and myself will never 
forget, immediately favoured us with his opinion and advice. 
Dr. Elliotson urged Mr. Ions to lose no time in again com- 
municating with him or with me ; and the statement of that 
gentleman will best explain the progress and result of the case. 
The letter was directed to me. — Y.] 
Waterford Veterinary Establishment, 
Feb. 28, ‘1839. 
My dear Sir, — With many thanks do I acknowledge the re- 
ceipt of your kind letter of the 25th instant ; and, for your in- 
formation, beg to subjoin a history of my son’s case. 
On the 15th of the last month he was attacked with a severe 
cold, and which continued bad for a few days, although the usual 
treatment was adopted. At length the cold got better ; but the 
tonsils remained very much inflamed and enlarged, and there was 
a small sore on the ala of the right nostril. 
On the 20th, he had occasion to examine a brewery-horse be- 
longing to Mr. Cherry, of this city, that was labouring under 
acute glanders. The horse snorted in his face, and covered it 
with the nasal discharge. My son wiped it off with his hand- 
kerchief, and thought no more about the matter. 
On the 22d, the swelling of the tonsils continuing, a blister 
was applied to the throat. The result was somewhat extraor- 
dinary, for, instead of a serous discharge, an abundance of well- 
formed purulent matter exuded. 
On the 24th, he felt very unwell. His nose was exceedingly 
sore, the breathing through it quite obstructed, and the right eye 
slightly affected. The pulse was 116, with profuse discharge 
from the nostril of a rop} r , glairy appearance. 
I immediately sent for a physician, who ordered aperient me- 
dicines, and the local application of a solution of the nitrate of 
silver. 
On calling, on the next day, he found a large ulcer on the 
