GLANDERS AND FARCY. 



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tial mea;<ures fidopted by companies are not sufficient to eradicate 

 it, and tlie " glandercd night train " is not altogether a thing of the 

 past. The clanger to human lite is so great that we feel happy to 

 seize any opportunity to urge the adoption of the most eifectual 

 measures for the su])pression of any practice which tends to pro- 

 long the life of the glandercd horse. 



SECTION OF A horse's HEAD IN A HEALTHY COM>ITION— ITS ANATOMT. 



Description.— a The lining inemnrnne nr uie nose, known as the schneiderian membrane. 

 On its surface are seen the vessels which furnish it with arterial blood. 

 b The anterior portion of the brain, known as the cerebrum. 

 c The posterior portion of the brain, known as the cerebellum. 

 d The frontal sinuses. 

 e The tongue. 



/ Showing the velum palate, or soft palate. 

 g The back part of the mouth. 

 h The pharynx, or top of the oesophagus. 



t The epiglottis, or cartilage at the root of the tongue. 



J The glottis, or opening into the windpipe. 



Ic The cesophagus, or gullet. 



2 The trachea, or windpipe. 

 m The siiinalcord. 



M Junction of the cerebellum with the spinal cord. 

 op Showing a section of the cervical vertebrse, or bones of the neck. 

 The dotted lines between a and g, show the direction leading to the trachea and ceoophagus 



A fatal case of glandcr, reported in the Baltimore " Herald of 

 Reform," is as follows : Mr. I. P. Burns, a grocer, died a horrible 

 death in that city in consequence of poi.son communicated to his 

 pystcm from a horse afflicted with glanders. During the admin- 

 istration of medicine, ^Iv. Pjiirus tlirust into the animal's iiKHith 

 his hand, a finger of which had been previou.sly cut, and the flesh 

 laid ojxn. Tlirougli tlii< wound tlic virus was absorbed, and mor- 

 tification supervened. A surgeon was called upon to am])utate 



