glanders

(glan’derz) [1,. mal’leus]. A disease of horses, communicable to man, and due. to Bacil’- lus mal‘lei. It is marked by acute febrile symptoms, inflammation of mucous membranes, especially of the nose, with a purulent. discharge from the nose and an eruption of isolated nodules on the skin and mucous membranes. These nodules coalescc and break down, forming deep ulcers, which may end in necrosis of cartilages and bones. In man the disease usually runs an acute course, ending in the typhoid state and in death. Farcy is a chronic form of this disease.