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very shadow of a symptom of glanders or farcy (or of any other con- 

 tagious or malignant disease) having been, with veterinary surgeons, 

 sufficient to cause the instant separation of the patient ; and this is 

 a circumstance which alone, we can entertain no doubt whatever, 

 has tended very materially to the prevention of the spread and 

 multiplication of cases of glanders and farcy. 



From these observations we gather that the prophylactics against 

 the generation and spread of glanders and farcy, are, 1st, VENTI- 

 LATION OF Stables ; 2dly, Cleanliness, in which is included 

 the draining of them ; 3dly, The immediate and complete SEPA- 

 RATION OF THE Sick from the Healthy. To enter here, farther 

 than has already been done, into the subject of ventilation, would, 

 if not out of place, occupy more of our space than we could pos- 

 sibly afford it ; neither can we, nor perhaps need we, enter into 

 any details of cleanliness, or draining, or paving : it seems right, 

 however, to remark, in regard to the segregation of a horse having 

 or suspected of having glanders or farcy, that his separation can 

 neither be too early nor too complete : to satisfy every doubt re- 

 specting contagion, he should be placed at such a distance from 

 his associates in health, and in such a situation that no direct 

 atmospheric communication can exist between their habitations. 

 And moreover, his pail, halter, bridle — even harness and saddle 

 too perhaps — ought to be restricted to the patient's use, or not used 

 among other horses until such time as they had undergone the neces- 

 sary purification. Likewise the groom looking after the glandered 

 subject should be careful not to allow himself or his clothes to be- 

 come the medium of contamination between the diseased and the 

 healthy. These precautions may, by some people, be thought to 

 be strained beyond what experience has found to be requisite : 

 I would, however, for my own part, rather run the risk of having 

 an imputation of this kind cast upon me than suffer any doubt to 

 remain lurking in my own mind of the full sufficiency of any 

 prophylactic measures I might have recommended. In large 

 establishments, where many valuable horses are stabled together, 

 we can hardly exercise too much nicety and fastidiousness on the 

 occasion of any contagious disease, and especially of such a one 

 as glanders and farcy, breaking out amongst them. 



