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GLANDERS. 
upon the pituatury membrane of the foal, aocompanied with 
tumefaction of it; flux extremely viscous; left gland more vo¬ 
luminous ; respiration very laborious.—19th. The foal can hard¬ 
ly respire ; the tubercles have all run into abscesses, forming but 
one sheet of ulceration; the flux sanguineous and profuse on 
both sides. Same day, at noon, the nostrils becoming com¬ 
pletely obstructed, the animal died from suflbcation. 
The Post-mortem Examination commenced eight hours after 
death, and was conducted in the presence of the Assistant Sur¬ 
geon and Assistant Veterinary Surgeon of the Regiment. Spots 
of transient inflammation upon parts of the small intestines. 
The mucous membrane of the nose covered with tubercles, 
mostly in a state of abscess ; the middle part of the left and en¬ 
tire surface of the right nostril studded with exulcerations pene¬ 
trating through the substance of the membrane; the wings both 
covered alike with tubercles as large as peas, and their interior 
studded with them; the ethmoidal convolutions of a bright 
scarlet hue. 
Conclusion. The symptoms and morbid appearances after 
death of this foal leave no room to doubt that glanders was the 
cause of dissolution; whose origin many would attribute to con¬ 
tagion, without any regard to hereditary influence. Neverthe¬ 
less, the following experiment seems to afford sufficient evidence 
for believing that this dread malady was bred in the foal with¬ 
in the womb of its dam. 
Case of a Foal that was suckled upwards of Six Months by the same 
Glandered Mare without manifesting any Sign of the Disease. 
By the same. 
AS a sequel to the preceding case, and in order to convince 
myself whether glanders in the subject of it was the result of 
contagion, or an hereditary consignment, I asked and obtained 
permission of my Colonel to have a foal of the same age, also 
the property of the Regiment, suckled by the dam of the one 
recently dead. 
The 21st of the same month, (March) this foal, strong and 
in the full enjoyment of health, was led into the stable occupied 
by Eleonora, who readily adopted it.—22d. The mare appears to 
be much attached to the foal, and it is almost always sucking; 
she expresses uneasiness when it goes from her; the nasal flux 
continues abundant. I recommend that the same articles be 
used about the colt as about the mare, and that the sponge be 
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