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(^lantiers* 



X HE Glanders, as has been fully explained under the head of 

 Farcy, is very commonly the upshot of the latter disease^, especially 

 in those instances where it has been injudiciously treated, or has 

 been neglected, from not being understood. And although little or 

 nothing can be done in confirmed Glanders, with any rational pros- 

 pect of success, yet, as the disorder is so frequently confounded with, 

 and mistaken for,, other diseases, it becomes an object of very great 

 importance to point out the sources of these errors, and if such 

 landmarks are to be found, as will enable us to distinguish it from 

 the diseases to which it has considerable resemblance, to lay them 

 down with accuracy and precision. 



Nor is there any disease in Horses, the prevention of which is of 

 equal importance to the community as that of Glanders. Its ravages 

 and fatal effects are, inf^'" '., well known, and it is generally under- 

 stood, to be an incurable disease. 



And though I may appear to many, to quit my proper depart- 

 ment ; when I glance at any thing which comes under the immedi- 

 ate province of the Legislature, yet^ am I perfectly convinced that 



