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At other times this disease will appear as farcy, a 

 disease that is caused by the same germ, and in fact 

 may have been taken from one of the above described 

 cases. Farcy selects the skin for attack instead of the 

 air-passages. It is indicated by little swellings on the 

 skin, usually of the limbs. These soon break and dis- 

 charge pus freely, and do not heal when treated as ordi- 

 nary wounds. In a day or two the limbs are seen to 

 swell considerably, and after two or three weeks they 

 are a mass of sores. 



Prevention. It has usually been considered that all 

 cases were fatal, but there are two or three facts that 

 indicate an occasional recovery from a local infection. 

 First, it is known that a glanderous ulcer in the nostril 

 has healed. Second, there are a few pretty well authenti- 

 cated cases of recovery from mild local attacks. Third, 

 one of the most celebrated cases of recovery from gland- 

 ers in man is that of Doctor Paquin, who was for a long 

 time state veterinarian in one of the western states 

 (Illinois, I think). Recovery, however, is exceedingly 

 rare, and on account of the ease with which man is in- 

 oculated with this disease, all animals suffering from it 

 should be immediately destroyed; in fact, nearly all of 

 the states have laws to this effect. All suspected cases 

 should be immediately isolated in a small pen or shed. 

 I have known a single glandered horse to infect a herd 

 of 40 when turned out to pasture. Therefore on no ac- 

 count should a horse that is even suspected to have 

 glanders be turned out to pasture with other horses. 

 And remember that the most dangerous case is the ani- 

 mal that is supposed to have very little the matter with 

 it. All stables where horses with glanders have been 

 kept should be thoroughly disinfected by washing all 



