GENERAL LYMPHANGITIS. 
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ular surface, adherent and of very dense indurated tissue, 
which sometimes forms abscesses ; in that case, the rest of the 
gland forms a very hard kernel with an ulcerous, fistulous 
opening. I will mention yet as a farcinous tumor, the indu¬ 
rated tumor of the testicles and their envelopes, called sar- 
coc&le. 
The swellings are found in the limbs, affecting one or sev¬ 
eral joints, and in a short time the whole leg ; after the inflam¬ 
matory period has passed, they become hard and covered 
with cords and small buttons, and of course later with ulcers. 
At the same time other cords will emanate from these swell¬ 
ings to the corresponding ganglion. This cordeous appear¬ 
ance is the principal character which will distinguish the 
farcy swelling from other spontaneous oedemas of the hind 
legs, but due to different causes. 
The ulcers .—All the above formations will finally produce 
ulcers. They are regular, circular, with indurated borders; 
bottom always shows small indurated granulations of a pale- 
leaden color; they have a tendency to increase in depth and 
circumference, and are refractory to cicatrisation with a few 
exceptions. The fluid running out of these abscesses is albu¬ 
minous, oily, but dries up and forms a brown sticking crust. 
Often ulcers close to others join together and form one large 
ulceration. 
General appearance .—The hair is staring, without lustre, 
falling off easy on rqane and tail; coat dry, adherent. Soon 
symptoms appear in the nose, characterizing the chronic 
glanders. 
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Nasal cavity .—In light farcy affections nothing might be 
found in the nasal cavity except a pale colored membrane, 
but later on a discharge will take place from both nostrils, or 
but one, and that generally on the left side. The quantity of 
the nasal discharge is of very little importance, but when the 
discharge is thick, of a dirty-gray color, mixed with a green¬ 
ish or sanguineous aspect, and leaving brown crusts, sticking, 
gluey, attached to the borders of the nostril, it is characteris¬ 
tic of glanders. Nasal membrane pale, of a leaden color or 
marbled; sometimes, one or several ulcers are noticed on the 
