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some cases related by Mr. Lord, V.S., of Parsons Town, Ireland, 

 it would appear that the iodine and copper pharmaceutically 

 united are equally efficient with the chemical preparation. A work- 

 ing horse, old and out of condition, whose symptoms were " evi- 

 dently farcy, terminating in glanders," was brought to Mr. Lord on 

 the 12th of August, 1842, who made up for him a dozen and a half 

 powders, composed of the sulphate of copper in combination with 

 iodide of potassium, ordering one to be given daily, and that the 

 patient should have as much clover and vetches as he would eat- 

 He saw nothing more of his patient until the 4th of September, 

 when, to his utter astonishment, the poor man (his owner) came, 

 leading his horse, which was as well as ever : " the ulcers in the 

 nostrils, the discharge, and the (farcy) buds, having quite disap- 

 peared*." Passing from the accounts of others to 



The Results of my Own Observation and Experience, 

 1 would it were in my power to present my reader with an anti- 

 dote as effectual as our prophylactic measures have proved against 

 the horrible and fatal disease whose causes and nature we have 

 been investigating. Few men in the veterinary profession have, 

 perhaps, had greater opportunities than myself afforded them of 

 making observations and experiments on cases of glanders and 

 farcy ; all, however, I regret to be forced to add, has turned to little 

 amount — glanders, confirmed glanders, has baffled every effort. 

 What the practice I enjoyed under my father, who was for thirty 

 years the Senior Veterinary Surgeon to the Ordnance, and had 

 the superintendence of one of the largest horse infirmaries in the 

 country, an establishment that received weekly official visits from 

 the late Professor Coleman — I say, what this practice aujounted 

 to may be best learnt by inspection of the subjoined abstract from 

 the Sick Registers of the infirmary, including a period of eight 

 years : — 



* Veterinarian for 18-12. 



