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book as “ very suspicious of glanders.” The colt, it is true, was 
entirely free from disease, but I expected that he would soon 
come to my assistance and develop the disease also. 
I had her taken away from the other horses and put in a 
place where all possibilities of contagion were removed, and she 
with her foal were ordered into most strict quarantine. She was 
prepared for and received a six-drachm dose of aloes 24 hours 
afterwards. At my next visit the aloes had operated and she 
was scouring freely, but showed no change in her general condi¬ 
tion. The colt was as gay and healthy as before. The mare was 
then placed under the administration of mineral tonics and al¬ 
terative applications of Girard’s ointment (bichloride of mercury 
as a base) on the glands. At subsequent visits no change was 
detected; the discharge was, perhaps, a little diminished, the 
gland possibly smaller and more loose. She and the colt remain¬ 
ed apparently healthy. Once, as I examined her, I found a few 
drops of blood in the discharge, and once I detected on the left 
side of the septum a very small abrasion. There was no more 
doubt now, and I expected three days after, at my next visit, to 
find and show the owner a well-developed ulcer, and then obtain 
his consent to have her destroyed. But no, everything disap¬ 
peared. No more blood in the discharge; no more abrasion of 
the septum, which was rosy and looked healthy, the gland remain¬ 
ing the same. The mare looked well, the colt growing. 
As both were far from the other horses, and in a place where 
contagion was impossible, I acquiesced in the desire of the owner 
to await further developments. The same treatment of mineral 
tonics and applications upon the gland was continued, with appa¬ 
rently no changes; though at times Mr. W-thought the dis¬ 
charge had disappeared and the gland reduced entirely.* 
About the middle of November I was consulted about her 
again, as to the propriety of putting her to work. As I had not 
seen her for several months, and as I could not come to a conclu¬ 
sion from the description of her condition given to me, I sugges- 
* Some time afterwards the owner, at my request, collected some of the 
discharge upon a piece of glass, aud with this I inoculated an old horse with 
negative results. 
