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tion and percussion normal; appetite lair for oats, but hay 
refused; no renal pains on pressing, through rectal ex¬ 
aminations; urination very abundant; urine examined by 
Trommer’s test, presenting a deep red, yellowish precipitate; 
quantitative analysis showing 3.75 per cent, of sugar. 
The symptoms soon became more and more accentuated, 
the animal beginning to lose flesh rapidly, and to become weak 
on his hind legs. Thirty-two days from the beginning of the 
disease a greyish spot was observed in the eye, which in¬ 
creased in size and soon terminated in a true ulceration of 
the structure. 
At the post-mortem both horses were found in a state of 
excessive emaciation, and there was an hypostatic pneumonia, 
and a peculiar coloration of the liver, which was hypertrophi¬ 
ed, but no other lesions.— Wochens. fur Thierh. 
DIAGNOSES OF GLANDERS. 
By Mr. Chelscjhowski. 
After passing all known means of reaching a positive diag¬ 
nosis in cases of doubtful nature, and which often give more 
or less defective results, the author proposes the following as 
certain and rapid, viz: The removal of the submaxillary 
gland and its examination, both microscopically and macro- 
scopically. 
At the macroscopic examination, a section of the gland of 
glanders will show small nodosities, formed by little greyish 
massas, having a white-yellowish center. 
For the microscopic examination, two modes are recom¬ 
mended : First, that of Loojfler and Schutz. Immersions of 
the sections during twenty-four hours in a solution of the 
blue of methyline and of potash, and decoloration with acetic 
acid. Second, that of Salis .—Immersion during five or ten 
minutes in a solution of the blue of methyline, (one per cent.) 
and borax (one per cent.) and washing with water or weak 
alcohol. 
Sections examined with high power immersion show 
granulations of glanders in various stages, containing some 
