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Analysis of Continental Journals. 
By W. ErneSj M.R.C.V.S., London. 
Journal des Veierinaires du Midi. 
BACTERIA AND LEUCOCYTES IN THE BLOOD IN FARCY 
AND GLANDERS. 
By MM. Cheistal and Kienee. Presented by M. Claude Beenaed. 
The author observes that important researches of the last 
few years have directed attention to the part played by infu¬ 
soria in zymotic diseases. An occasion presented itself of ob¬ 
serving a case of acute glanders in a man. The analogy of 
this dreadful malady with pyaemia directed our attention to 
the investigation of the alteration of the fluids during life. 
The results of these studies were the discovery—first, of 
bacteria; secondly, leucocytes. The first observation was in 
a driver in the 17th Regiment of Artillery, aff’ected with 
acute glanders. The blood and the purulent matter were 
examined daily under the microscope from the first appear¬ 
ance of the cutaneous lesions. After death the principal 
organs were examined in a similar manner, wLich left no 
doubt of the presence of infusoria of the bacteria species in 
the blood, in the pus, and in the vascular glands. It was 
also ascertained that a growing leucocyte existed in the 
blood obtained by puncturing a finger of the patient during 
life, the size of which might be estimated on the day of the 
death by the proportion of the white globules to the red 
being 6 to 1 (which is 60 times more than in the normal 
state). The second observation was made on a horse 
affected with acute glanders. A healthy horse destined to be 
slaughtered was inoculated with the pus and the blood taken 
from the same man. The horse died eleven days after, mani¬ 
festing all the symptoms and lesions of acute glanders. The 
blood examined during life showed—first, bacteria, exhibiting 
the same characters as in the previous case; secondly, leuco¬ 
cytes, the numeric proportion of which was in comparison 
to the blood globules as 1 to 15. The organs examined 
after death (lungs, spleen, ganglia, lymphatics) showed an 
innumerable quantity of bacteria, the movements of which 
persisted several days after being immersed in not very con¬ 
centrated alcohol. 
Ihe third observation was on a cat affected with acute 
