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selves with saying that is an inflammation of the membrane 

 of the nose, which may assume an acute or chronic form, or, 

 in a very short time, or exceedingly slowly, run on to ulcer- 

 ation. 



" It is inflammation, whether specific or common, of the 

 lining membrane of the nose, possibly for months, and even 

 years, confined to that membrane, and even to a portion of 

 it, the health and usefulness of the animal not being in the 

 slightest degree impaired. Then, from some unknown cause, 

 not a new but an intenser action is set up, the inflammation 

 more speedily runs its course, and the membrane becomes 

 ulcerated. The inflammation spreads on either side down 

 the septum, and the ulceration at length assumes that pe- 

 culiar chancrous form which characterizes inflammation of the 

 absorbents. Even then, when the discharge becomes gluey, 

 and sometimes after chancers have appeared, the horse is 

 apparently well. There are hundreds of glandered horses 

 about the country, with not a sick one among them. For 

 months or years this disease may do no injury to the general 

 health. The inflammation is purely local, and is only recog- 

 nized by the invariable accompaniment of inflammation and 

 increased secretion. Its neighbors fall around, but the dis- 

 ease affects not the animal whence it came. At length, a 

 constitutional inflammation appears, farcy is established in 

 its most horrible form, and death speedily closes the scene. 



"What, then, is the cause of this insidious, dreadful disease? 

 Although we may be in a manner powerless as to the re- 

 moval of the remedy, yet, if we can trace its cause and man- 

 ner of action, we may, at least, be able to do something in 

 the way of prevention. Much has been accomplished in this 

 way. Glanders does not commit one-tenth part of the rav- 

 ages which it did thirty or forty years ago, and, generally 

 speaking, it is only found as a frequent and prevalent disease 

 where neglect, filth, and want of ventilation exist. 



" Glanders may be either bred in the horse or communicated 

 by contagion. What we have further to remark on this 

 malady will be arranged under these two heads. 



