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glandered horse gets into the blood of a man, his fate 

 is sealed. More than one man has contracted glanders 

 in his eyes by having an infected horse sneeze in his 

 face. 



Besides the " farcy buds," the most certain external 

 indications of glanders are the following: 



1. A hard, painless enlargement of the gland be- 

 tween the branches of the lower jaw, the submaxillary 

 gland — the enlargement feeling like a walnut under 

 the skin. 



2. A similar enlargement of the lymphatic gland 

 which runs up and down the hind legs. 



3. Ulcers or sores of an unhealthy character inside 

 the nose. 



4. Swelling of one leg, usually a hind leg. 



5. The discharge from one or both nostrils of thick, 

 glutinous matter which adheres around the nostril and 

 gives it a characteristic appearance. This discharged 

 matter is heavy, and will sink in water, but commonly 

 it does not have an offensive odor. A discharge having 

 a bad odor is more likely to be caused by catarrh or by 

 an abscess in the head than by glanders. 



But a horse may have glanders, even for a long 

 period, and yet show no external sign of it whatever. 

 A horse in that condition, especially if his lungs are 

 affected by the disease, can transmit the disease to 

 other animals. Such horses are called "spreaders" ; 

 and it has often happened that one "spreader" in a 

 large stable has been a source of infection for years, 

 causing the death of many other horses before his own 

 condition was discovered. 



