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ANALYSIS OF CONTINENTAL JOURNALS. 
On the sixth clay the symptoms had made rapid progress; 
the respiration Avas sonorous, the swelling of the face and 
glands had increased, the penis was pendulous; there was great 
debility, the discharge from the nose was more abundant and 
mixed with blood ; the mucous membrane was studded with 
vesicoide tumours, which made the access of air difficult. At 
four in the afternoon the symptoms were still more alarming ; 
at six the animal died. 
Up to the third day the author thought he had to deal 
with an affection of the lungs of a slightly atonic type. On 
the fourth he found that it was the debut of a very grave 
malady, diagnosed acute glanders, but the next day found he 
had to deal with a gangrenous affection of the mucous mem¬ 
brane, a rare disease in the south. 
The cause of this malady was an enigma. The animal was 
in good condition and vigorous; the stable well ventilated, 
situated on rising ground ; but not far from it there was some 
low ground somewhat marshy, from which mephitic miasmas 
were disengaged. Whether this was the cause of this rare 
and formidable malady the author leaves to his more experi¬ 
enced colleagues to decide. 
A SECOND CASE, BY THE SAME. 
A MULE, ten years old, was sent to the same practitioner 
with canker in both fore feet. On the fifth day the feet were 
better, and the animal was sent back with a view to continuing 
the treatment at home. The day after the animal had not eaten 
his rations, and was found to be slightly indisposed, but there 
was no apprehension of danger. In the evening some diffi¬ 
culty was perceived in voiding the urine, which was thick, 
dark in colour, and somewhat unctuous; the movements of 
the flanks were increased; the beatings of the heart strong 
and oppressed ; the superior part of the neck was moist; the 
countenance anxious. These symptoms, with the exception 
of the local disease, recalled to memory those of the first mule, 
which led the author to suspect an attack of carbon ; but on a 
re-examination there was nothing to justify this suspicion. 
On the next day a tumour was discovered between the 
fore legs the size of two fists; this was crepitating and car¬ 
bonaceous; there was complete prolapsus of the penis, pulse 
small and quick, tumultuous beating of the heart, the flanks 
agitated and deeply furrowed, urine voided with great diffi¬ 
culty and of oily consistence; the tumour was incised, deeply 
cauterized, and dressed with ammoniacal liniment; the anti¬ 
septic treatment which had been prescribed was continued. 
