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taneous syringe-full of such material was injected into the aural 
vein of two rabbits. On the fourth clay many gray noduli devel¬ 
oped at the locus inoculationis. One animal was killed on the 
fifth day, to see if the local results were accompanied by similar 
complications in the internal organs, but they were unaffected. 
The second rabbit was found on the twelfth day in a very emaci¬ 
ated condition; besides noduli at the locus inoculationis, numer¬ 
ous submiliary neoplasmata were found in the spleen and liver. 
The parenchyma of the spleen was in a condition of cloudy swell¬ 
ing. No noduli were present in the pulmonary tissue; petechial 
hemorrhages were dispersed throughout the pleuro-pulmonum. A 
small lenticular ulcer was found on the right side of the septum 
nasi, and a few submiliary noduli on the mucosa of the turbinal 
bones. Glanders bacilli were demonstrated in these neoplasms. 
The diagnosis of acute miliary glanders was thus confirmed. Dr. 
Loeffier did not experiment further with rabbits, as guinea-pigs 
were demonstrated to be a much more susceptible and practical 
animal for such purposes. 
(To be continued .) 
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FRACTURE OF THE SKULL FROM THE KICK OF A MULE. 
By Benj. MoInneb, Jk., M.R.C.Y.S. 
(Paper presented to the United States Veterinary Medical Association.) 
On February 28th, 1887, I was requested to goto the Clausen 
Brewing Company’s stables to see a dead horse. On my arri¬ 
val I found the proprietor, who related the history of the case 
as follows: 
He found the horse restless in the stall, and having no work 
to do that day, his owner being away, he turned him into a small 
enclosure, in which there was also a mule. About fifteen min¬ 
utes afterwards the stableman passed near the enclosure, and saw 
the horse suddenly drop on his haunches, lie over on his side, and 
die without a struggle. 
