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puffy and hot and later breaks and discharges 

 freely. Light cases require little treatment beyond 

 such care as is suggested for all sick animals. If 

 the fever is excessive, it may be reduced by admin- 

 istering Glauber's salts in handful doses three times 

 a day or niter in one dram doses every few hours. 



Glanders, also known as farcy when occurring on 

 the skin, is an infectious disease of horses of acute 

 or chronic form and always or nearly always results 

 in death. On account of the fact that this disease 

 may be transmitted to men in a fatal form and on 

 account of its rapid spread among horses it is al- 

 ways necessary to kill and bury or burn all horses 

 found affected with it. The symptoms of glanders 

 are a continuous or intermittent discharge from the 

 nostrils, ulcers on the mucous membrane, cough, 

 swelling of the maxillary glands at the corners of 

 the jaw and in some cases the development of 

 numerous swellings and ulcers at various points on 

 the body, particularly on the legs. This disease 

 is transmitted by contact, by drinking water from 

 infected places or by eating from infected man- 

 gers. No treatment for the disease is successful 

 and as already indicated none should be under- 

 taken. 



As stated above horses are subjected to a consid- 

 erable number of diseases affecting the digestive 

 organs. If any difficulty in eating is observed the 

 mouth and teeth should be carefully examined at 

 once. It may be that some sharp pointed particles 

 of the forage have penetrated the mucous mem- 

 brane causing canker-sores or ulcers. This may 

 be cured by swabbing with a solution of borax, 

 nitrate of silver, carbolic acid, or any powerful 

 antiseptic. The mouth should also be examined 

 for the possible occurrence of irregularities in the 



