132 Glanders. 



mon forerunner of this, as ^ell as many other diseases. Yet, no- 

 thing is more common, than to hear people of good sense in other par- 

 ticulars, express their surprize at a Horse being attacked with this dis- 

 ease, remarking at the same time, that he has not even been out of the 

 stable for several days ; whereas, this circumstance, which is usually ad* 

 duced, by way of strengthening the supposed mystery of the attack, is 

 very frequently, the immediate, though not the so/e cause of the com- 

 plaint. But, as the subject of exercise is treated on, in another place, 

 I shall not enlarge upon it here. The almost total privation of green 

 and succulent food, which Horses kept in stables usually undergo, is 

 another capital exciting cause of Glanders. And this fact, whilst it 

 is an essential, is, at the same time, an unfortunate one, in the his- 

 tory and investigation of this disease, inasmuch, as little can be 

 suggested, in the way of remedy for the evil, especially under the 

 circumstances where it exists in full force, namely, in large and 

 crowded towns. There can be no doubt, however, that if the great 

 proprietors of Horses were but once convinced of the extreme salu- 

 brity of green and succulent food, and if their attention could be 

 tunud to the subject with zeal and earnestness, that much might be 

 done, in the way of mitigating the ill eflects, resulting from the want 

 of it, even under the worst possible circumstances. 



Lastly, the want of good and effectual grooming, especially in 

 the case of such Horses as are highly fed, and do not get regular 

 exercise, is another cause of the fr-equent appearance, of this disease 

 in stables. For, strong frictions and thorough cleansing of the skin, 

 although by no means a substitute for regular exercise, will, at any 

 rate, tend to ward off some of the evils, which must otherwise 

 -^follow, from the want of it. The ad\autagcs deiived from the i<se 



