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in prison, where he was when he heard of him. This was the result of his treat- . 
ing a case of glanders as a wart, and while doing so allowing it to work to a 
wholesale meat wagon. The subject of glanders was partly taken up by several 
cases being given by some of those present. 
Dr. R. W. Finlay spoke of a case that he had lately had in court. On his 
first visit, about a month ago, he found the general vitality very low, its history 
being that about three weeks previous the horse had slipped, hurting himself, 
which resulted in some small abscesses appearing. The case was treated with 
preparations of arsenic and fumes of sulphur with good food; the horse did well 
under this treatment, the temperature coming down from 101£ to 98f°, the leg bet¬ 
ter, general appearance better, and about fifty pounds heavier, with the discharge 
stopped. He again saw the horse, and gave a certificate that the horse was free 
from glanders. The owner, however, got arrested, and the horse was destroyed; 
he was brought to cause in the interest of his certificate and the owner, there 
being two graduated veterinary surgeons on the other side. The case was thrown 
out of court, and the owner would now try to recover the value of the horse. 
One of the surgeons had diagnosed the case as one of glanders in May last and 
had failed to make any report on the case till recently, for which he was cen¬ 
sured by the court. 
Dr. Bowers related a case where he first fouud simply a swelling of the sub- 
maxillary gland; the horse was kept working, but isolation was ordered. A 
month after he saw the horse again, when he was lame; diagnosed glanders; 
but thought he would try the^o-called treatment for glanders. He lanced the 
abscess when it got large, and found laudable pus; abscess after abscess formed* 
which were lanced and washed with a very strong solution of carbolic acid, and 
under the treatment the horse got better; leg got well, everything seemed to 
return to its normal state, when, after some time, the case turned out to be a 
very bad one of glanders. 
Dr. Pendry said it was quite apparent that there was a difference of opinion 
as to what really constitute premonitory symptoms of glanders, and as proof of 
this, he would call the attention of the meeting to a case in point, which occurred 
in his own practice. He had been treating for some time a newly purchased 
horse for influenza, the case got along very slowly, the temperature keeping up 
between 102° and 103°; all at once he took a turn for the better, eating well and 
taking on flesh, but the temperature still kept about 102^°, with a discharge at the 
nostril and one or two abscesses appearing on one of the legs; the swelling of 
the sub-maxillary gland was considerable, but not much weight was given to this, 
as it was not of the nature that was looked for in glanders. The owner was in¬ 
formed that the case was suspicious, and that a consultation would be held. A 
well-known practitioner was called in, who, after an examination, said the horse 
was glandered. This same gentleman saw the horse again on the following day 
in the interest of the party who sold the horse, and again expressed the same 
opinion. About the next day there was quite a discharge from one of the nos¬ 
trils ; this, with the corded condition of the lymphatics along the cheek, cleared 
up what little doubt I had of its being glanders, and so informed the owner of 
the opinion we had arrived at, at the same time expressing a willingness to meet 
any one he might like to see the case. He spoke of another well-known practl- 
