PHLEGMONOUS INFLAMMATION OF G9 
(as well as several others) were alike, I shall only speak of one, 
a bay horse, eight years old. 
On the second of November I first saw the horse, at which 
time the symptoms were as follow. Pulse, 47; left submaxil- 
laiy gland swollen to the size of an egg, hard, and perfectly ad¬ 
herent to the hone. Occasional discharge of pus from the left 
nostril. Schneiderian membrane, particularly in the left com¬ 
partment, of a peculiar leaden hue, but not the least appearance 
of ulceration. Appetite tolerable,- slight soreness of the throat. 
Extremities warm. Breathing quite tranquil; and a rowel in¬ 
serted by the farrier exhibiting a large ill-conditioned sore, about 
six inches in diameter, the whole of the separated integument 
having sloughed aw'ay. 
In consequence of the history of the animal which was de¬ 
stroyed, and the very ambiguous symptoms attending the pre¬ 
sent case, it behoved me to be extremely careful in my progno¬ 
sis. At the commencement, the disease was evidently nothing 
more than common catarrh, for the patient then had a cough, as 
well as sore throat, 8cc. ; but now the enlarged, hard, adherent 
gland, on the left side only, and the unhealthy appearance of the 
septum on the corresponding side, were circumstances warrant¬ 
ing suspicion that the disease was assuming a malignant charac¬ 
ter, and might probably end in decided glanders. Under such 
circumstances, my coui-se was somewhat difficult: on the one 
hand, I had never seen catarrh assume a character so very doubt¬ 
ful ; and, on the other hand, I could not bring my mind to con¬ 
ceive that glanders actually existed, chiefly because the dis¬ 
charge was occasional and irregular, both as to time and quantity, 
and a strict examination did not enable me to discover the slight¬ 
est ulcer on the membrane. 
Assuming, however, that the enlarged gland was attributable 
to some other cause than the absorption of poisonous matter from 
an ulcer on the septum, and knowing, from the experience of my¬ 
self and a highly valued friend, the power of iodine over glandular 
swellings, I resolved to try that medicine for the reduction of the 
enlargement, and to treat the case, in other respects, as simple 
catarrh : accordingly I prescribed tr. iodine cum lin. sapon. comp, 
to be well rubbed upon the part two or three times a-day, and 
I administered a fever ball, to which was added six grains of iodine 
mornino^ and evening;. 
The sore upon the breast was dressed daily with sol. chlor. 
calcis.; a mash diet and loose box wxre ordered : the patient 
had been bled the day previously to my visit. 
I persevered in this treatment until the 10th, but I could not, 
at that time, notice the least effect produced by the iodine either 
