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James W. Embury also lost one in a similar manner. Mc- 

 Coy has also lost several other horses, and, unless great pains 

 . have been taken to cleanse, and purify those stables, he will 

 undoubtedly find more trouble near at hand. The best of 

 treatment have availed them nothing. 



Some time in the fall this disease also made its appearance 

 in Waterbury, and caused the death of quite a number of 

 horses before any notice was taken of the matter. When I 

 was called there, Feb. 21st, I found several more very sick, 

 and I ordered two of them to be shot, in order to prevent the 

 further spread of the contagion. One of these, which I had 

 photographed, as seen in the accompanying engraving, be- 

 longed to Horace Wooster, who had also lost a fine pair of 

 work horses from this same disease a few months previous. 



S. M. Judd had also lost a draft-horse late in the fall, and 

 had a fine carriage horse in the same stable ; and though we 

 could not discover any characteristic symptoms of either farcy 

 or glanders, yet there was a glandular swelling upon the un- 

 der side of the throat which looked very suspicious. And 

 so we concluded to keep the horse quarantined for a few weeks, 

 and give him the benefit of a thorough course of alterative med- 

 ication, in view of testing the malignancy of this supposed in- 

 fection. Dr. Middlebrook was present and put in a rowel, 

 which, with the medicines, had a good effect, so that he is 

 now apparently well, and I trust will never show any further 

 constitutional symptons of this disease. 



The other hOrse, that I ordered shot, was glandered, and 

 belonged to C. N. Hall, who had lost one previously, of glan- 

 ders, and who had several other valuable horses upon the 

 same premises ; and, though we feared the result of this local 

 contagion, yet we have seen no new development of this 

 affection in that stable. Michael Collins also lost a valuable 

 work-horse from glanders some time in the winter. 



This disease has also occurred at Meriden, and quite a 

 number of horses have died, as I have been informed ; but I 

 was not called there in time to investigate the matter, and 

 therefore cannot speak, as I would like to, from positive 

 knowledge. Yet, from the symptoms, as related, I think 

 there can be but little doubt as to the nature of the malady. 



