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peared on the body and limbs, varied in size, some of them being 
as large as filberts. They were breaking down here and there, 
and the discharge was purulent, bloody and ichorous on the 30th. 
On Sunday, April 1st, Drs. Taylor, McPherson, Freas and 
Remage met in consultation, and all agreed that the case was one 
of glanders. On this day the swelling on the forehead had much 
increased, and an aqueous fluid was sweating out from it. His 
mind was now wandering, with occasional lucid intervals; the 
voice was now husky, and the fever had assumed a low typhoid 
type. He complained of no pain, and said he felt quite comfort¬ 
able. Up to this time there had been no nasal discharge; the eye¬ 
lids were not infiltrated, and his eyes stared wide open. 
On April 2nd, in the afternoon, dissolution was evidently rap¬ 
idly approaching; there was now present a copious discharge 
from the nose of a characteristic purulent, tenacious and sticky or 
gluey nature. Coma had appeared and was increasing. The 
excrements were passed involuntarily, and there now was, as in 
the case of the son, an excessive perspiration, of a very offensive 
odor; in fact, the most horrible stench pervaded the room occu¬ 
pied by the patient, who died on April 2nd. 
It is believed that, by attending in a very ceaseless manner 
upon his son, the father contracted the disease from him. 
Official Statement , 
Entered in the Book of Becords of the Town Board of Health of 
Genesee Township , Whiteside County , Illinois. 
Coleta, Whiteside County, III., April 14, 1883. 
The undersigned, N. H. Paaren, M. D., State Veterinarian, 
representing the State Board of Health, by virtue of a special 
appointment, dated Springfield, Ill., April 11, 1883, by the said 
Board, has this day, after a careful survey and inspection, con¬ 
ducted during the 13th and 14th of the present month, advised 
the sanitary measures hereinafter stated, to be carried out by the 
Town Board of Health of Genesee Township, Whiteside County, 
Illinois ; viz :— 
1st. That the Town Board of Health cause the dwelling- 
house occupied by the Conaway family, in the township and 
