J54 Glanders. 



agency of the ordmary exciting- causes^ which have been enume- 

 rated in the preceding chapter. 



The Glanders is, in fact, a disease which we have entailed upon 

 the Horse, in consequence of the preposterous artificial methods we 

 have adopted, in his general treatment. In Spanish America, this 

 disease is- totally unknown, as I have been credibly informed by a 

 most intelligent gentleman (an officer of artillery) who being de- 

 voted to Horses, as a sportsman, took great pains to investigate thit 

 point, whilst on the spot at Buenos Ayres, and was not abl^ to find 

 the smallest trace of the disorder. 



Unfortunately, his enquiries were not directed to Farcy ; but, we 

 may very safely infer, that those parts of the world, where Glanders 

 is not to be met with, are equally free from Farcy. 



And though I acknowledge, that this position is an assumption 

 only, yet it may be supported by such a chain of indisputable facts,. 

 that no candid^ unprejudiced mind, can have any doubt of its accu- 

 racy, as an inference. 



Many of the facts whieh have been already brought forward, on> 

 the subject of Farcy, bear so strongly on this point, that I should 

 think the most sceptical person would have all reasonable doubts 

 removed, which could be entertained upon the subject. But, if 

 further proof be insisted on, it may very readily be furnished, in 

 consequence of experiments, which have proved that the Farcy 

 may be as readily communicated to a sound Horse, by inoculating 

 with glanderous, as with Farcy matter. 



In fact, we are enabled to produce disease in either sliape, ac- 

 cording to the nature of the parts which we inoculate 



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