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of its supposed existence among the horses of the Cambridge 

 Horse-railroad Company, and one or two positive cases were 

 shown us. The company employed about 1 ,800 animals, and 

 an examination disclosed the somewhat surprising fact of 

 only one case of acute glanders or farcy, and 192, which, 

 from some abnormal condition of the nasal epithelium or the 

 submaxillary or lymphatic glands, were thought to have the 

 disease in latent or chronic form, and capable of communicat- 

 ing it in the acute ; they were, therefore, looked upon with 

 suspicion, and taken from the road. On re-examination, as 

 soon as was possible, 103 of them were put backto their work 

 and 89 isolated. These were examined from time to time, 

 but as there was no development of the disease in its acute 

 form, as the stock generally, including the isolated animals, 

 remained in most excellent condition, and as a most search- 

 ing inquiry into the history of the horses of the stables and 

 the stock of the vicinity failed to prove that acute, palpably 

 apparent glanders, was other than a rare occurrence consider- 

 ing the large number of animals there congregated, they were 

 gradually returned to their work, until the last were liberated 

 on the 28th of December. All the animals which had been 

 under suspicion were, however, stabled and worked by them- 

 selves, that they might be easily kept under watch and guard. 

 On the 10th of December acute glanders was found to be 

 prevalent among the horses of the South Boston division of 

 the West End Land and Horse-railroad Company. The 

 Commissioners were immediately informed of the fact, and an 

 efficient and intelligent corps of veteriffiarians employed ta 

 eradicate the evil. When we arrived at the stables, we 

 found that these gentlemen had already destroyed thirty-five 

 animals, and were actively engaged in selecting and remov- 

 ing all suspicious cases, and disinfecting and renovating the 

 stalls. Subsequent visits and examinations of the stables, 

 of the horses, and the course of management in all its de- 

 tails, satisfied us that the officers of the company and their 

 employees were thoroughly in earnest to eradicate the con- 

 tagion and guard the public. The active work was, there- 

 fore, left in their hands, with only such supervision from us 

 as might be necessary to keep informed of the success or 

 failure of their operations. To the present time about 60 



