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6. In an outbreak, even after the organism has 

 been recognized, should any case present symptoms 

 suspicious of glanders, recourse should be had to 

 mallein testing, and any other means of diagnosis 

 thought necessary ; in case both diseases should prove 

 to be co-existing in the one animal, in which case the 

 combined prophylactic measures for the stamping out 

 of both diseases must be carried out. 



7. Every effort should be made to reduce the 

 number of wounds, galls, and other predisposing causes 

 of the spread of the disease to a minimum. 



8. The system of having wound dressings in the 

 hands of amateurs, and also those of shoeing smiths, 

 farriers, and others, for treating slight cases in the lines, 

 as has been the custom in our army, as well as that of 

 many continental powers, should be discontinued. 



9. In the treatment of wounds the strictest 

 asepsis should be observed. Most small wounds and 

 abrasions are best left alone, and those that require 

 treatment should be sent to the hospital, where they 

 should be first thoroughly cleansed with clean cold 

 water from a stand pipe. The use of tow and cotton 

 wool should be restricted as much as possible, and when 

 required a fresh piece should be used for each wound, 

 and afterwards immediately disposed of by burning. 

 All wounds should be then dressed with a solution of 

 perchloride of mercury, strength not to be less than 

 1-500, applied with a glass syringe, the nozzle of which 

 should not be allowed to touch the wound. A little 

 boric powder or iodoform should then be dusted over it 

 with an insufflator, great care being also taken that the 

 nozzle of the insufflator does not touch the wound, 

 which, if thought necessary, is covered with a clean 

 piece of cotton wool and a clean linen bandage. In the 

 dressing of wounds great care should be taken not to 



