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sooner. If, however, the case does not improve, and the 

 appetite is not good, give powdered carbonate of ammonia 

 and gentian root, each tJiree drachms to a dose, morning, 

 noon and ni^ht, in addition to the tincture of nux vomica. 

 These medicines will have to be mixed with cold water, 

 and the horse drenched out of a strong-necked bottle or ox's 

 horn cut slanting at the mouth. Keep the ammonia in a 

 bottle tightly corked till it is used, as it loses its strength 

 by exposure to the air. Let the horse have as much cold 

 water to drink as he wants; and for this purpose a 

 bucketful should be kept before him. Pure air and good 

 ventilation should be insured to all sick horses. Green, or 

 soft feed should be given from the first day, if the horse 

 will eat it. Green feed all the time of sickness will be of 

 advantage, but oats will have to be given in addition, to 

 support the strength and vital powers of the system, to 

 enable him to throw olf the effects of the disease. Such, 

 then, is the manner of curing a disease which has destroyed 

 many horses, even when treated by men calling themselves 

 veterinary surgeons, or at least horse doctors. (See Influ- 

 enza and Hheumatism.) 



Glanders. — The following synopsis of a lecture deliv- 

 ered by myself, and published in the JSveninr/ Bulletin of 

 December 21st, 18G5, will answer for the history and na- 

 ture of the disease called glanders. The treatment will be 

 made more plain for non-professional readers. 



Dr. Robert McClure, Veterinary Surgeon, delivered a 

 lecture on Tuesday evening, at the Veterinary College. 

 His subject was ^'Glanders in Horses." He said: Glanders 

 is a disease dating from the time of Xcnophon, or four 

 hundred years before Christ, and we are assured by Hipi^o- 

 crates, (ruler of the horse) that confirmed glanders was in- 

 curablcj and that it was then known by the name Proflu- 



