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if, subsequently, to the membrane of the nostrils, a 

 weak and unhealthy inflammation termed Glanders 

 may follow ; and so on the reverse, if the cause first 

 act on the membrane of the nostrils, producing symp- 

 toms of disease, and ultimately on the skin, similar 

 effects will be found to follow : as thus, if a healthy 

 animal should happen to be exposed, or driven against 

 wind or rain, a healthy inflammation and its conse- 

 quences, as the disease termed a cold, (catarrh), will 

 be the result ; and if in an unhealthy state, or impro- 

 perly treated, the disease will be very liable to end in 

 Farcy or Glanders." 



These diseases frequently are consecutives to com- 

 mon colds, inflammation of the lungs, dropsy, injuries 

 of the muscles or skin, grease, strangles, &c., especially 

 when the treatment has been injudicious and unskilful, 

 as is frequently the case when young practitioners are 

 deceived in the symptoms exhibited, to which the 

 greatest attention is requisite, as in very many cases 

 they are so similar. Other causes predispose to Farcy 

 and Glanders, as unwholesome food, both green and 

 dry, too hard work, sudden changes from heat to cold, 

 exposure to the inclemencies of the weather, and very 

 frequently from making the animal work before it has 

 recovered from the general debility subsequent on 

 diseases which have been very violent. It sometimes 

 happens that the horse is afflicted with both Farcy 

 and Glanders at the same time, occasionally the 

 symptoms of Glanders appearing before those of Farcy, 

 and vice versa. It may not be amiss to hear Mr. Vines 

 on the general opmions entertained by different pro- 

 fessors. — 



" The great fault of those vrho have employed th?ir 

 talents as writers or lecturers in the veterinar^^ pro- 

 fession, is, that thev have been in the constant habit 



