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cartilage, the others being small, thin and light, being adapted to 
the more careful dissection necessary towards the lateral liga¬ 
ment, and about the synovial bursae of the joint. 
Towards the end of the operation, the surgeon will, with the 
finger, carefully explore the condition of the parts, to assure 
himself that the cartilage is entirely removed; that the articular 
synovial sac has been preserved intact; that the ligament of the 
joint remains perfect; and that the parts are well washed and 
ready for the dressings. Although in the absence of possible 
complications, the operation is now finished, it may yet be 
followed by some serious sequelae, which we will next consider. 
(To be continued .) 
GLANDERS IN ILLINOIS. 
(Reprint from the Report of the Illinois Board of Health.) 
A few days prior to the last meeting of the Board the first in¬ 
formation concerning what has since proven to be a wide-spread 
outbreak of glanders was received. As detailed in my report at 
that meeting, State Veterinarian Paaren was specially commis¬ 
sioned under the authority of the Board, and after consultation 
with the Governor, to visit the infected localities and institute the 
necessary measures for the suppression of the disease. In each 
case he was furnished a letter of instruction, in which, after in¬ 
forming him of the reported locality, he was authorized, in the 
event that he found the report well founded, to aid the local health 
authorities—town, board or county commissioners, as the case 
might be—by giving all needed directions and advice concerning 
the destruction of animals actually suffering with the disease ; the 
quarantine of those that had been exposed ; and the disposition of 
infected property, such as buildings, harness, halters, stable uten¬ 
sils, fences, sheds, liitching-posts, watering-troughs, &c. He was 
also requested to furnish a detailed report of the state of affairs as 
found in each locality, and a statement of his action. Up to the 
middle of June he had thus visited infected localities in White- 
side, Perry, Jackson, Piatt, Ford, Livingston and McLean coun- 
