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GLANDERS. 



This is one of the most fatal diseases to which 

 the horse is subject. It is propagated in most 

 cases by contagion, the infection being dissemi- 

 nated by seed from the nasal discharge, not, as 

 many suppose, by the breath. According to 

 eminent foreign authors, the disease has its 

 origin also in a vitiated state of the blood, and 

 this may result from improper treatment or 

 neglect of almost any disease to which he is 

 liable. In its early stage it appears to be only a 

 slight inflammation of the inner membrane of 

 the nose, not, however, attended with the usual 

 florid red characterizing inflammation, but of a 

 paler hue, and afterwards becoming darker. The 

 first marked symptom is a discharge from the 

 nose, scarcely to be distinguished at first from 

 the natural moisture, either by its color or 

 consistence, and generally coming from one 

 nostril only, and that the left one. In appearance 

 it is thin and transparent, closely resembling the 

 natural discharge, a little increased in quantity, 



