212 MR. youatt’s veterinary lectures. 
worse form than before : the malady speedily ran its course, and 
they died. 
Tricks of Dealers .—I need not warn you of the tricks by 
which some dishonest dealers endeavour, and with the unini¬ 
tiated too often successfully, to conceal the existence of glan¬ 
ders. Sometimes they are said to give a brushing gallop, in 
order to clear the air-passages; then they inject a solution of 
alum, or sulphuric acid, up the nostril, by the astringent power 
of which the discharge is for awhile stayed. The animal is 
doubtless tortured; but I can hardly believe that the astringent 
effect would continue sufficiently long, or, in fact, could be esta¬ 
blished, from the improbability of being able to bring the liquid 
in contact with the diseased surface. When the discharge is 
from one nostril alone, some are said to introduce a piece of 
sponge too far up that nostril: there will still remain, however, 
the indurated and adherent gland, or the lividness of chronic 
glanders, or the intense inflammation produced by the caustic 
that was injected. Either of these would excite suspicion ; and 
if the examiner is at all on his guard, lead to certain de¬ 
tection. 
ON ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN IN THE 
HORSE. 
By Mr . W. Mogford, V. S. 
[From The Lancet .] 
Sir, 
Perceiving both in Part iii, page 489, of Mr. PercivalPs 
scientific Lectures on the Veterinary Art, and also in a work of 
great merit, entitled “ The Horse,” that the authors are not aware 
of any means by which diseases of the spleen may be detected, 
I beg leave to lay before you an account of the way in which, in 
five successive cases, I have found the spleen to be extraordi¬ 
narily enlarged. 
Having first emptied the rectum by raking, injections of warm 
water, &c., I bare my arm to the shoulder (in fact, I generally 
divest myself of my upper garments to the skin), which being 
previously well oiled, and a little also being introduced by the 
fingers into the anus, I gently pass up; and, at the same time, 
with a creeping-like motion of my hand, gather as many of the 
loose folds of the rectum towards me as possible, still pushing 
the arm on to its utmost length; at that part of the rectum, the 
