A treatise on epizootic lymphangitis / by W.A. Pallin.

  • Pallin, W.A.
Date:
1904
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    larynx, and upper third of trachea, and also on the con- junctiva. I am inclined to think that the percentage of cases observed by me in these parts is probably above the average, although Tokishige relates quite a number of cases in which the mucous membranes were the seat of the disease. Plates XIII, XIV, XV, and XVI show very clearly the lesions as they were seen in some of those parts, and I may here mention that in each case the diagnosis was verified by microscopical examination, that of Plate XIII being also tested with mallein gave no reaction, nor were any lesions of glanders recognized in the lungs of any of them. The lesions in the nose have been observed by me both uni-Iateral and bi-lateral, and a tendency for them to become bi-lateral was noticed to prevail. Some writers on the subject state that, in contrast to glanders, the lesions are only found in the lower third of the nasal chambers. I have noticed myself that it is certainly commonest only in that portion, but have ample proof to show that most extensive lesions of the disease (unaccompanied by glanders) may occasionally be found in ail the nasal chambers, and that they may also extend to the pharynx, larynx, and trachea. Nocard and Leclainche state that the lesions in the nose are almost always bi-lateral, that they may extend to the pharynx, larynx, and trachea, and, in exceptional cases, to the large bronchial tubes. I might here mention that in addition to a few characteristic cutaneous cases of the disease observed in North China in 1900 and 1901 amongst Chinese ponies and mules, I also saw in addition to marked glanders cases, several other cases of so-called glanders, showing most extensive lesions on the nasal mucous membrane very much resembling glanders, but there was no submaxillary glandular enlargement;