50 THE GLANDERS. 



CHAP. XII. 



THE GLANDERS. 



The glanders has baffled the farrier more than 

 any other disease to which this useful animal is 

 liable. In its worst stage, I believe, it has hitherto 

 proved incurable ; but we are confident it might 

 at all times, with proper care and management, be 

 prevented, if attended to in time. It is highly 

 contagious ; and when any thing of this kind hap- 

 pens in a stable of horses, the diseased should be 

 removed to fresh apai;tments as soon as possible. 



This disease generally arises from contagion, 

 which soon propagates itself through the mass of 

 blood, affecting more or less the whole system ; but 

 more particularly the mucous membrane of the 

 nose and lungs, and the glands of the neck, pro- 

 ducing a peculiar morbid action in this membrane, 

 which alters the natural and healthful secretion of 

 its mucus to a matter that has the peculiar and 

 wonderful property of communicating the like 

 disease to a healthy horse ; as by drinking out of 

 the same pail of water ; by inoculation, and other 

 means. 



