GLANDERS. 1 9 



caution, when even a suspicion is entertained, the most dis- 

 astrous consequences have been the result. 



Although the glanders has been known to mankind and 

 described for upwards of one thousand eight hundred years, 

 yet, we lament to state, that little more is known of its 

 proximate cause than at the time we have the first recoi'ds 

 of its history and treatment. Medical remedies have alle- 

 viated the severity of the disease for a time, and arrested 

 its progress, but it is certain to return and prove fatal at 

 last, as it is doubtful if ever this malady was cured. 



There are various diseases which in their early symptoms 

 have much the same appearance as glanders, and therefore it 

 is necessary to watch these narrowly, as, of course, perfect 

 recovery may follow. 



The very first symptom of glanders is a constant dis- 

 charge of mucus from one nostril, clearer and of a lighter 

 colour than in a common cold or catarrh, and more glutinous 

 in its substance. K rubbed between the finger and thumb, 

 it has a sticky feel. The discharge also differs from that 

 produced by catarrh, in being continuous, whereas in the 

 latter disease, it is only discharged at intervals. 



The matter discharged in this disease difiers from that of 

 a catarrh in its specific gravity. If a small quantity is dropped 

 into water it sinks, and it will mix with the water on being 

 stirred with it ; whereas the mucous discharge of a common 

 cold swims near the surface and preserves its slimy consist- 

 ence, although stirred, and will not commingle with it. 



A singular character of the glanders is, that it generally 

 attacks one nostril only, and that is the left one ; only a 

 few cases having occurred where it commenced in the right 

 nostril. Mr. Dupay, a celebrated veterinary surgeon, and 

 director of this school ot surgery at Toulouse, mentions, that 

 out of eight hundred cases of glanders, which occurred during 

 his practice, only one was aflfected in the right nostril. 



