COMPLICATED CASE OF PNEUMONIA AND GLANDERS. 
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would get the animal home and begin driving him in a few 
weeks. I mention this as evidence that there did not exist at 
this time any sign of the disease 1 am about to speak of. (This 
was four days prior to its development). 
On the Wednesday following, the farmer noticed a dis¬ 
charge issuing from the nostrils of the horse, and being a sen¬ 
sible man he isolated the animal and sent word to the owner 
that his horse had a cold. The owner sent me word to go 
and see the horse again, which I did at once, and imagine my 
surprise when I found the horse suffering from a most beau¬ 
tiful case of acute glanders, presenting the following symp¬ 
toms : 
Discharge from both nostrils which looked like the 
white of an egg; there was an occasional epistaxis, which 
caused the discharge to become mixed with blood ; upon ex¬ 
amining the septum nasi a number of tubercles of various 
sizes and presenting a dirty oily appearance, could be seen. 
The sub-maxillary lymphatic glands were high up in the in¬ 
ter-maxillary space and were firm and lobulated; three farcy 
buds were present and these on the posterior limbs. It is 
needless for me to say that I did not attempt to treat this, 
the third disease the horse had had during a period of six 
weeks. 
As a means of precaution against the spreading of the dis¬ 
ease among the other animals, I had the animal removed to 
a wood near bv without crossing any highway, and where 
no animals are allowed to run. I then examined the other 
horses on the farm, I think some sixty (60) in number, and 
found none affected, and so far as I have learned not a single 
horse has since developed the disease. 
I then reported the disease to the Bureau of Animal In¬ 
dustry, and one of its officers went out and examined the horse, 
and I am pleased to sav he confirmed my diagnosis of acute 
glanders. He condemned the animal and forbid his removal 
under any circumstances until the State veterinarian could 
appraise and destroy him. This gentleman, however, did not 
,see him, as he died in a few days and was buried, and I, there¬ 
fore, did not have the opportunity of making a post mortem 
examination. 
