131 



which is wanting in the glanders. Neither a cold 

 nor the strangles is a very alarming complaint ; it 

 would therefore be well, before you sacrifice your 

 horse, to assure yourself by good professional in- 

 formation, that your suspicions are well founded ; 

 but it is a wise precaution to separate the animal 

 from others, as soon as ever a decided discharge 

 from the nostrils is detected. 



It has been said, and I believe with truth, that 

 it is a peculiarity of the glanders, always to show 

 itself on the near jaw. I have not had sufficient ex- 

 perience of the disease, to feel assured of the safety 

 of this diagnostic : but the idea is so prevalent, 

 that I do not hke to omit mentioning it. There is 

 another circumstance connected with the glanders, 

 that it is of the last importance to notice. The 

 human frame is susceptible of the contagion — a 

 point long disputed by pathologists, though why 

 a doubt should exist is not very obvious ; besides 

 the well-known case of hydrophobia, we have long 

 ascertained that the small-pox owes its origin to 

 the camel, as the cow-pox is obtained from the cow. 

 The question, however, is at length set at rest. A 

 paper from the pen of Dr. EUiotson, the President, 

 was read to the Medical and Chirurgical Society, 

 on the 12th March, 1833, (which will be found at 

 page 201 of the Transactions of that Society, pub- 

 k2 



