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cind nostrils alone, it may have originated from com- 

 mon cold or strangles, which being improperly treated 

 have produced an unhealthy and debilitated system,, 

 and the consequence has been Glanders in its most 

 simple form. Those cases have frequently been cured 

 without any medical treatment, by care and avoiding 

 all exposure to the causes through which they first 

 appeared. Glanders in its worst and most comphcated 

 form, that is, when the lungs are diseased as well as 

 the nostrils and head, is consequent to strangles, in- 

 llammation of the lungs, colds in their various forms, 

 and more especially does this disease result from those 

 I have just named when the maladies have been mal- 

 treated, and the appearances are more or less un- 

 healthy. In very many cases, if horses when affected 

 with severe cold, or strangles, &c., were allowed to rest 

 for some time instead of being forced to undergo the 

 same exertion they are capable of performing when in 

 perfect health, the owners would be considerable 

 gainers in the end; for the consequence of such a 

 course is, that the appetite at such times being very 

 bad, and the system being disorganised, a general de- 

 bility is produced ; the pus from the mucous mem- 

 brane of the nostrils, at first healthy, becomes un- 

 healthy, and the system becomes much impaired ; the 

 final results are Farcy and Glanders. 



Mr. T. Smith, in his " Treatise on Glanders," men- 

 tions six immediate causes as productive of this disease. 

 — 1. General debility; — 2. The effects of previous 

 disease ; — 3. Breathing an impure atmosphere ; — 4. 

 Exposure to a current of cold air, or being allowed to 

 drink cold water when warm ; — 5. Sudden transitions 

 from cold to heat, and vice versa ; — 6. Infection. This 

 gentleman, together with Mr. Vines, M. Dupuy, and 

 so]ne few others, agree in this, namely. That the final 



