GENERAL LYMPHANGITIS. 
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I must not forget, before closing the diagnosis, to mention 
the circumstance that frequently local lymphangitis affects 
the intramaxillary and inguinal ganglion, and that the first 
one very often terminates into chronic glanders, if proper 
care is not taken to effect a speedy cure. The lymphangitis 
of a posterior leg is always of a more inflammatory type ; 
generally it terminates well and remains of a benign 
character. It also happens very often that accidental wounds 
or wounds consequent to an operation, are followed by ulcer¬ 
ous lymphangitis on their peripheries ; that constitutes local 
farcy ; it is easily cured, but if neglected, is liable to poison 
the whole system, and degenerate into general farcy. 
In support of my considerations about this lymphatic dis¬ 
ease, I will relate several cases of my personal experience : 
A heavy truck horse of Geo. Blake & Co., Stockton, work¬ 
ing every day up to the evening of October 4, 1884, (having 
been losing flesh for two weeks before) when I found him in 
great distress, having difficulty to move the hind legs, espec¬ 
ially the left one; noticed a hard lump on both crural regions 
and under the abdomen ; various cardeous swellings on tibial 
region of left leg, covering the external surface only. All 
these tumors are painful on pressure; complete absence of 
any tumefied ganglion ; visible membranes normal. More 
lumps appear every day, some very close to one another, on 
front legs and inside of hind legs; the members of left side 
are literally covered with buttons, while the right legs have 
only a few. I counted at the end of the first week about one 
hundred abscesses; those abscesses that were opened at first 
are cicatrizing quick, in about two weeks. Horse is moving 
easier as the abscesses are opened. Fluid evacuated is half 
coagulated, of an opaque color. The crural muscles are de¬ 
caying away. Never the least tumefaction of lymphatic 
glands, nor any nasal discharge. Treatment tonic, stimulant 
and alteratives; horse has a good appetite. The two legs 
on the left side that were at first covered with abscesses and 
swollen, became very clean and sound in about five to six 
weeks, while the two right limbs affected later a similar 
change. But cold, rainy weather set in, and the patient falls 
