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pain, loss of appetite, raising of temperature, formation of 
abscesses and soon there is dropping of the fetlock, the posterior 
face of the joint touches the ground, the toe is elevated and the 
pathognomonic symptoms of rupture of the perforans are mani¬ 
fest. The horse is destroyed. At the post-mortem were found : 
Extensive suppurative synovitis, infiltration of the perforatus 
tendon and complete rupture of the perforans above the sesa¬ 
moid pulley. Evidently after the excessive work asked of the 
horse there had been only a stretching of the perforans, which 
was followed by synovitis and as a consequence of the soreness 
and. difficulty of standing on the right leg because of the 
laminitis, the exaggerated work demanded of the left leg had 
brought about the total rupture of the perforans.— (Anna/es de 
Beige.') 
Eatk Manifestations of Glanders in a Horse Ap¬ 
parently Cured \^By Mr. F. Hendrickx \.—The conclusions of 
the author are that one must be very prudent before allowing 
a horse to resume his work, after having presented symptoms of 
glanders which is apparently cured. It ought to be kept under 
careful watching for a long time, and in all cases not to be 
allowed to go free as long as there is discharge from the nose. 
The case is this : A ten-year-old horse from a stable infected 
with glanders, becomes lame with a keraphylocele; he is 
operated upon ; a few days afterwards he presents suspicious 
glands and scarcely any discharge j there are no chancres. 
Malleined, he has a raising of temperature of 2.3°,and local mani¬ 
festations at the point of injection. Twelve days after, second 
injection of malleine, there is reaction, but less serious. Eight¬ 
een days later, third injection, raising of temperature of 0.9^ 
DO local reaction. Twenty-four days after last injection, 
negative result. During that time the suspicious gland has 
disappeaied. Watched for one year, when he is examined 
some ten times, he appears in perfect health. Then he loses 
his appetite, loses flesh, has nasal haemorrhages and exhibits all 
the clinical symptoms of glanders. At the post-mortem lesions 
of glanders of old and recent formation were detected. The 
author thinks that when the horse was returned to his work he 
was not entirely cured, and was still carrying glanderous germs, 
perhaps in very small numbers or much attenuated, but which 
under special conditions of work, hygeine, etc., multiplied and 
developed new virulency .—(^Aiinales de Beige.) 
