TRANSLATIONS FROM FOREIGN PArERS. 
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TRANSLATIONS FROM FOREIGN PAPERS. 
GOURME; OR, HORSE VARIOLA. 
Natural and Irregular Forms of this Disease—Inoculation as 
a Prophylactic Means of Its Complications. 
BY M. L. TRASBOT.* 
{Continued from paye 404.) 
The different experimental and accidental modes of transmis¬ 
sion of gonrme, being now described in a general way, we must, 
in a few words, consider now the various forms that it may as¬ 
sume, and look for the causes of its complications, whether mild or 
serious. From a short exhibition of these we will arrive at the 
rules to follow to keep the disease in its natural limit of pustular 
development, free from all serious complication, and thus only 
likely to terminate by a certain and rapid recovery. 
To this day, so as to describe the complete pathological his¬ 
tory of this disease, it has been customary to divide it into benig¬ 
nant and malignant. The first including all the catarrhal inflam¬ 
mations of the anterior respiratory organs, with or without ab¬ 
scesses of the lymphatic sub-maxillary ganglia. Even this was 
by many subdivided into various species. JDelafond divided it into 
mild and severe, according to the intensity of the local phe¬ 
nomena and of the febrile action accompanying them, but ending 
nevertheless, after varying lengths of time, by a complete resolu¬ 
tion. Under the name of malignant gonrme, were also grouped 
all the complications likely to endanger the life, or at least to 
leave behind them long or even incurable marks of the existence 
of the disease; such as lobular pneumonia, severe bronchitis, 
abundant and continual suppurations, tfec. 
* Translated by A. Liautard, M.D., V.S. 
