306 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



There was a chestnut horse suffering severely from glan- 

 ders, and also a black mare with both farcy and glanders, be- 

 longing to Richard McCoy. The third was a bay mare, 

 belonging to G. P. Stockwell, with quite a number of charac- 

 teristic farcy buds on the left hind leg. This horse had been 

 boarded for some time in McCoy's stable. 



These creatures were all very poor and showed little or no 

 signs, in my estimation, of ever being restored to health or 

 usefulness again, even though it be proved that their disease 

 was not malignant. And as all pretended that tlie horses 

 were improving, I gave them the benefit of the doubt, and 

 thus quarantined the animals and demanded better care ; but 

 as there was so much excitement about the matter, I request- 

 ed Mr. Gold to meet me there Oct. 10th, and he accordingly 

 did so. We found the black mare and Mr. Stockvvell's in 

 about the same condition, but the chestnut horse was much 

 worse, as the acute form of this disease had set in, and must 

 inevitably prove fatal in a few days. The animal died the 

 15tli from this disease. 



We visited the yard again the 18th, and thought that the 

 other two showed some signs of improvement, from having 

 had more suitable care and attention. Others believed that 

 these two horses would ultimately recover. And so, in- 

 order to satisfy those doubting minds, we proposed to demon- 

 strate the nature of the disease in question, by a test experi- 

 ment of inoculation. Accordingly we purchased a cheap, 

 but healthy horse, though maimed by an injury on the knee- 

 joint, and inoculated him in the hip with the matter from 

 one of those farcy buds on Stockwell 's mare. E. B. Middle- 

 brook, M. D., a practical veterinarian of that city, assisted us 

 in the operation, and kept a watchful eye upon tlie result. 



I visited the patient again the 31st, and found that the 

 wound which we had made had not healed, but was discharg 

 ing profusely. The matter looked very unhealthy, and there 

 were some symptons of constitutional difficulty. In the course 

 of ten days acute glanders set in, and the horse died Nov. 17th 

 from the effects of the engrafted disease, as we anticipated. 



Dr. Middlebrook made the post mortem examination, and 



