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ON GLANDERS. 
duccd to the tumefaction of the lymphatic sublingual ganglions, 
which are enlarged, hard, and adherent. . Almost always they 
are the left ganglions of the inter-maxillary region that are 
swelled ; occasionally, however, of the right, and still more rarely 
those of both sides. The animal appears to enjoy good health, 
which would lead us to the belief that the glandulous affection 
is idiopathic, did not many a circumstance make us suspect the 
contrary, and induce us to consider the state of the glands as 
consecutive on some profound and concealed alteration and dis¬ 
ease of parts. If we direct our researches towards the nasal 
cavities, the eyes, the forehead, we shall usually find indications 
of the true state of the patient. The eye on the infected side is 
tearful; the eyelid tumefied and white; and the pituitary 
membrane pale, infiltrated, and ulcerated. Sometimes there 
runs from the nostril a greenish yellow fluid, more or less con¬ 
sistent, and occasionally bloody, and which adheres to the orifice of 
the nose; and lastly, that part of the forehead corresponding with 
the affected side is swelled and sensible to the touch. In some 
cases the olfactory membrane is covered by ulcers more or less 
numerous, without there being any affection of the glands, or any 
marked discharge from the nostrils; the disease is, nevertheless, 
of the same nature. 
Sometimes the nasal membrane is tinged with red; its in¬ 
flammation approaches to an acute state at the moment of the 
appearance of fresh ulcerations. We should think it to be 
simple, but very acute inflammation, with ulceration of the mem¬ 
brane, if we had not recourse to other circumstances, which leave 
no doubt on the state of the patient. 
Is glanders contagious ? Does it not possess the fatal pro¬ 
perty of communicating itself? Each of these opinions, so per¬ 
fectly opposite, is supported by the testimony of persons equally 
respectable; but until well authenticated and well performed 
experiments have distinctly proved which of these opinions is 
true, it is wise to take every precaution that prudence can in¬ 
dicate to prevent the communication of healthy animals with 
those that are diseased. 
The modes of cure employed in this disease, up to the present 
time, can boast of very little success ; and perhaps we may deny 
that they have had any thing to do with the cure ; for experience 
has proved that many organic lesions are cured by the efforts of 
nature only. In the actual state of science, it is to prevent the 
morbid degenerations of the pituitary membrane/ which are 
developed at the close of chronic inflammation, and which pro¬ 
duce^ ultimately, ulceration of that membrane, that we must apply 
ourselves; since, when these morbid productions exist, the mu- 
