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into his own stables. The disease is marked by a 

 very copious discharge of matter from the nose ; 

 perhaps it would be more correct to call it a mu- 

 cous discharge. The throat and fauces are much 

 swelled, and particularly the cheeks. In bad cases, 

 ulcers are formed in the cartilage of the nose ; they 

 are detected by the fetid smell of the breath ; and 

 ultimately the lungs and windpipe are affected. It is 

 often accompanied by knotty tumours of the glands 

 in various parts of the body, and these tumours ap- 

 pear to be united by extended indurated swellings 

 like cords : when these appear, the disease is called 

 \he farcy. I do not pretend to draw the distinction 

 between the farcy and the glanders, but the diseases- 

 are, I believe, allied : and whenever these symptoms- 

 appear, whether they belong to the one disease or 

 the other, the animal should be immediately re- 

 moved, and unless he happens to be of great value, 

 I should recommend him to be sent forthwith to 

 the knacker. It is not, however, wise to trust alto- 

 gether to your own judgment. Sometimes a severe 

 cold will produce symptoms very similar to the 

 glanders. Sometimes the strangles are confounded 

 with it : the cough, the fever, and other usual in- 

 cidents to a cold, will point out the difference to a 

 scientific man, and in the strangles the rapid sup- 

 puration of the glandular swellings, is a symptom 



