Glanders, 137 



Having" said thus much on the subject of prevention, before 1 pro- 

 ceed to consider the best means of attempting' the cure of Glanders, 

 I will take occasion to mention, that I have seen two or three soli- 

 tary instances, where external injuries inflicted on the nose, were 

 followed by an attack of Glanders. One of these instances occurred 

 about sixteen years ag-o, in the city of Bristol, in the case of a 

 Horse the property of a gentleman, who belonged to a troop of vo- 

 lunteer cavalry, of which I was then a member. In order to make 

 the Horse steady in the field, the proprietor, Mr. Beg-g, was firing 

 off his pistol in the stable, but, holding it too near the nose of the 

 animal, the ^vadding penetrated the nostril, and inflicted a pretty 

 large wound. He consulted me on the occasion, and I merely di- 

 rected, that the wound should be kept clean, by washing it daily, 

 with a sponge dipped in warm water. 



And although, at that period, I had very inadequate notions re- 

 specting either the nature of Glanders, or the causes producing the 

 disease, yet, I recollect, (reasoning on the point analogically, which 

 in this instance, proved to be reasoning justly) I predicted that 

 Glanders would probablj/ ensue, in consequence of the wound. 



The event proved that I was right in my conjecture, for, at the 

 expiration of six or seven weeks, the Horse was brought for my in- 

 spection, in a state of confirmed Glanders. 



Now, though it is impossible to say, how long a time might have 



elapsed before the disease would have manifested itself, in case no 



wound had been inflicted on the nose, yet, I have no hesitation in 



pronouncing positively, that in this instance, the wound did not 



produce tlie Glanders, though it most unquestionably hurried on 



the attack. 



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