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animal life. It is stated, however, that cures have been effected 

 by fourteen injections in forty days of mallein from a cat in- 

 oculated with glanders. Decroix and Bougome, two Algerian 

 veterinary surgeons, are stated by Seraner to have cured farcy 

 by cauterisation and extirpation of the farcy buds — an exploded 

 practice found to be useless in this country long ago. Brusaco, 

 of Turin, and his pupils are stated to have cured 50 per cent, 

 of glandered horses with carbolic acid, iodine, sublimate and 

 sulphate of iron ; whilst others claimed to have cured horses 

 with tracheal injections of iodine and iodide of potassium ; and 

 in France they are satisfied with the curative effects of creosote 

 in oil injected hypodermically. Semner again mentions that ox 

 blood serum is useful in the cure of glanders. Pilarios states 

 that he cured eight cases in this stage of the disease by repeated 

 weak injections of mallein. 



Glanders in man has been cured by frequent injections of 

 mallein. Semner, however, prefers ox serum to mallein, and 

 says that it has a more marked effect in destroying the viru- 

 lence of the bacilli than mallein. Like Professor Macqueen, 

 from whose observations (Central Veterinary Medical Society) 

 I am now quoting — " To prevent misunderstanding, I ought to 

 say that a glandered horse is said to be cured when it ceases to 

 react to mallein. So much for the curability of glanders." — 

 ( Veterinary Record, April 20th, 1895). 



I entirely disapprove of the practice of working animals whilst 

 affected with this malady, and would recommend the strictest 

 surveillance by properly qualified inspectors. 



THE ANTISEPTIC PEEVENTIVE TREATMENT OF EQUINA. 



When glanders appears in a stable of horses, in addition to the 

 removal of all affected animals, and the inoculation with the mal- 

 lein test of all in contact, it is most essential to attend carefully 

 to the ventilation, drainage, food and water, and to the clean- 

 sing and disinfection of the stables, fittings, harness, and other 

 appurtenances, the removal of contaminated wood-work, the 

 painting of all fixtures, lime-washing, or even scraping and then 

 lime-washing — the wash to contain a pint of crude carbolic acid 

 to every bucketful — and to the prevention of overcrowding, 

 exhaustive work, and all debilitating influences. It has been 

 found serviceable to administer for several weeks to all horses in 



