288 GLANDERS. 



'' affair by the study of M. La Fosse, the 

 '' King of France's farrier, \i^ho has been at 

 *• the pains to trace out and discover, by 

 " DISSECTIONS, the source and cause of this 

 ** disorder, we hope the method he has pro- 

 ** posed with some farther experiments and 

 *^ improvements, will soon bring to a cer- 

 *' tainty of cure (in most cases at least) a 

 ** distemper so dangerous to our horses, and 

 ^^ that hitherto has eluded the force of art." 



We are then informed M. La Fosse's 

 work ^^ has the approbation of the Royal 

 ** Academy of Sciences*/' that *' he has dis- 

 '* tincfuished seven different kinds of glan- 

 '^ ders, four of which are incurable ;" much 

 more is introduced to corroborate his opi- 

 nions, and give weight to the very nice dis- 

 tinctions that constitute this great variety of 

 glanders. He then introduces a most ela- 

 borate description of the necessary operation 

 of trepanning, with an explanatory plate so 

 invitingly finished, that the appearance of the 

 apparatus is almost sufficient to induce any 

 man to have his horse's head perfoi^ated (or 

 laid open), merely to indulge in the happi- 

 ness of becounng a voluntary dupe to M. 

 La Fosse's experiments. 



