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adjuncts. With such an auxiliary, Venice tutyenfine, dif- 

 fused in steam at the nostrils, has removed recent cases of 

 glanders, wherein the shankers were already visible, the dis- 

 charge foetid, and the gland hard and fixed. To apply this 

 remedy, make a bran mash, hot, in which the turpentine is 

 to be mixed ; attach this by means of a nose-bag to the 

 horse's head, and renew its warmth in a quarter of an hour 

 by means of a pail of hot water, into which the bag is to be 

 partially immersed. Afterwards cover the body, neck, and 

 head; so as to promote perspiration ; but if this does not 

 come on by those means, cover the body first in a large 

 blanket wrung out in hot water ; rub dry, cover up, and 

 repeat the same daily. In all such cases we have given salt 

 in every form the patient could take it, in his feeds, in his 

 water, and washed his nose and his legs with salted water. 

 TV ith the same view we hear of sulphate of iron being given 

 in the water, the pail being suspended in the stable for the 

 liorse to drink at will." 



We have given the above, on the respectable authority of 

 Mr. Hinds, but we have known it to be tried without effect. 



Whether this loathsome and fatal disease has its origin in 

 the deteriorated atmosphere of stables, is a problem which 

 has not yet been solved. Little doubt, however, can be 

 entertained, that a strong preventive is clean cool, well-aired 

 stables, and exposing the horse as much as possible to the 

 influence of the atmosphere. For we find that in Arabia, 

 South America, and Circassia, where horses are not confined 

 to stables, the disease is unknown. 



Caution. — All purchasers of horses at fairs, or from dealers 

 with whom they are not acquainted, should carefully examine 

 horses as to their having this disease. Because they, by 

 infamous trickery, too frequently use means to deceive the 

 purchaser. It is well known that if a horse is galloj)ed 



