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such it has in all probability been introduced by 

 some fresh importation to the stud of one or more 

 horses previously affected. In such a case all the 

 animals in the stable may catch the malady, as 

 glanders is well known to be highly contagious. 

 In many of the crowded and ill-aired stables of 

 London and other large towns this disease is but 

 too often an inmate, and frequently great havoc 

 is wrought among the horses in consequence. 

 Many horses become affected with glanders by 

 being put into a stall in which a glandered horse 

 has been standing; this is often the case in a 

 livery stable. The glandered horse is bought at 

 a fair or market and brought to a livery stable 

 to be fed, the pus from its nostrils drops into the 

 manger, and the next horse that is fed out of the 

 same manger becomes inoculated with the pus ; 

 especially if it happens to have a slight scratch 

 upon its muzzle, and it comes in contact with 

 the crib on which the mucous of the glandered 

 animal has been left, and is thus carried into the 

 circulation of the blood. All stalls, and especially 

 public stables, should have high divisions between 

 them to prevent the muzzles of horses coming in 

 contact with each other. Horses being very apt 

 to smell each other, indeed it is by this faculty 

 alone they recognize each other and distinguish 

 their companions. Erom an ill-judged piece of 

 economy many persons, after being aware that 

 one of their horses is glandered, persist in keeping 

 it in the same stable with others, and by so doing 

 are every hour risking all they possess. It is the 

 duty of every person as soon as he is certain of 



