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disease is so infectious, that the flies carry it, and with it 

 infection to human beings, as well as to other animals. I 

 knew a man who was so unfortunate as to scratch his finger 

 with his instrument while dissecting a glandered horse. 

 The finger soon began to swell. I implored him to let me 

 cut it off and cauterise the wound, but he laughed at my 

 fears, and declared it was nothing. In a day or two his 

 hand and arm were frightfully swollen, and I then told him 

 his condition was serious, and besought him to submit to 

 amputation at the shoulder. But he was obstinate, and 

 still pooh-poohed the idea of danger. A few days later, I 

 saw him again. Alas ! excruciating pains were now his 

 portion, and the poisonous injection from the glandered 

 horse had reached his vitals. It was too late to save him, 

 and he finally died a horrible death, rotted away piecemeal 

 by the disease. La grippe bears a close resemblance to 

 glanders, though in a much milder form, but if a man takes 

 glanders from a horse, there is no cure for him.' 



Are the symptoms easily recognised? 



'The symptoms of other diseases not dangerous are 

 sometimes similar to, and mistaken for, glanders. Only 

 the other day, I was called in great haste to see seven 

 valuable horses, condemned to be shot by the attending 

 veterinary. As I could not discover the leading signs of 

 glanders, I examined them carefully, and could assure the 

 owner that they had been unjustly condemned.' 



He must have been delighted to hear it. 



'The expression of relief on his unhappy face showed 

 that Hope had entered into his heart. One of the horses 

 had already suffered the sentence of death, so in order to 

 be sure, he requested me to make a post-mortem examin- 

 ation. I did so at once, and finding no yellow spot on the 



