• DISEASES OF THE GLANDS. \^ ISl 



less so the caution and care manifested by their 

 managers in regard to food and water. These, together with 

 the attention bestowed upon washing and cleaning the horse, 

 and removing filth from near the stall, have made this loath- 

 some disease comparatively rare in even our city stables. 

 During the last half century, there has been a more marked 

 improvement in the home of the horse than even in that of 

 man. 



Yet infection may take place from circumstances against 

 which no caution or foresight can fully guard. The traveler 

 comes along with a fine-looking horse, entirely ignorant that 

 any thing is wVong with him, although, in reality, he is 

 glandered. He is put in the stable, eats from the manger, 

 drinks from the common bucket or water-tub, and departs, 

 leaving behind the dreadful infection, which may be im- 

 parted to every horse that eats or drinks at the same place. 

 Possibly all do not take it, however; for such is the power 

 of healthful Kature to resist disease, that many horses have 

 escaped, even when exposed to this contagion, which is more 

 readily communicated than any other known. 



But why is such an animal admitted to the stable, or al- 

 lowed to associate with others in any manner? One reason 

 we have intimated; namely, ignorance on the part of his 

 keeper concerning his real condition. In the case above 

 supposed^ he is received by some attendant, led to a stall, 

 fed, and watered, without the most cursory examination, or 

 a single thought of his being diseased. Even if any exam- 

 ination is made, it is not a little difficult for any but the 

 most experienced to distinguish between glanders and some 

 other aifections which occasion running at the nose. Often, 

 too, the discharge is so inconsiderable, and so much like the 

 common water from the eye, that it runs on for months entirely 

 unsuspected, meantime scattering its mischief in all directions. 



The most scientific practitioner is sometimes puzzled in dis- 

 criminating between glanders and some other affections of the 

 head. It is of the utmost importance, however, that this be 

 done correctly; and in this, the decision must usually be made 



