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presence of numerous trichinous cysts in large numbers, contain¬ 
ing the trichina spiralis, cysts much larger than those found in the 
pig or in man .—Gazette Medicate. 
REMOVAL OF THE INTERMAXILLARY GANGLIONS AS MEANS OF 
DIAGNOSIS OF GLANDERS. 
Messrs. Maury and Labat, to ascertain a doubtful diagnosis 
of glanders, examined the intermaxillary ganglions, and found in 
their mass two tubercles in way of softening, and three in the 
state of yellowish granulation. From these lesions they conclu¬ 
ded the existence of glanders. “The post mortem of the animal 
when destroyed revealed no lesions in the nasal cavities, the 
sinuses, the larynx or the trachea. In the lungs were found a 
dozen tubercles of different periods, but generally old; also some 
marks of pleuritic glanders.” 
In conclusion M. Labat states that in like cases, the examina¬ 
tion of the ganglions after removal is an easy mode to confirm 
the diagnosis of a suspected case; as in the horse, the tubercle 
signifies neither tuberculosis nor syphilis, but glanders or farcy.” 
—Revue Veterinare de Toulouse. 
ON THE DISINFECTING ACTION OF CHLORINE—INOCULATION OF A 
DONKEY WITH THE VIRUS OF GLANDERS, TREATED BY THE GAS 
-COUNTER-PROOF WITH THE GLANDERS OF THE DOG. 
M. Peucij, of Toulouse. 
Has chlorine gas the property of destroying the virus and 
its power of contagion ? 
As far as it concerns t he virus of glanders, Renault says “ No ;" 
Gerlacli, “Yes.” Mr. Pencil, from late observations has a tendency 
to he of Gerlach’s opinion. 
Virus of glanders was placed in a cup hanging in the middle 
of glass globes filled with chlorine gas. After fifteen minutes the 
virus is inoculated in a donkey. At the same time some undisin¬ 
fected virus is inoculated in a dog. In the donkey the wounds of 
inoculation healed rapidly, and no bad symptoms manifest them- 
