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burst and become confluent. The buds are generally seen in 

 groups and away from the articulation. 



Chronic Farcy. — The fever is not well marked; locally there 

 will be ulcers on the outer and inner surface of the thigh. The 

 buds range themselves in groups, and run in the same direction 

 as the veins. It may affect the submaxillary glands and neck. 

 Some eminent authors hold that particular forms of farcy and 

 glanders can be cured. I do not believe that a pure case of glan- 

 ders or farcy has ever been cured. Where cures are reported, 

 there was mistake in the diagnosis. Isolating the animal for 

 treatment is all very good, and perhaps the symptoms can be re- 

 moved for the time being, but the danger to human life requires 

 immediate destruction. There is no doubt that the animal may 

 transmit the disease when all external symptoms are removed. 

 If the bacillus has ever been in the system, it remains there in 

 spite of all treatment. We know of no medicine that will cure 

 the disease. One working with a glandered horse should be care- 

 ful that there are no abrasions on the hand, or that the discharge 

 does not in any way come in contact with the mucous membrane 

 of the eye or nose. 



Preventive treatment after the disease appears in a stable is of 

 the greatest importance. The ventilation, food, and water should 

 be looked after. The stables should be whitewashed. The wash 

 should contain a pint of crude carbolic acid and a half ounce of 

 bichloride of mercury to each bucketful. The stall in which the 

 affected animal occupied should be torn out and his harness burnt 

 with it in a heap. The fittings should all be painted. All horses 

 in the stable should be given at each meal two ounces of the hypo- 

 sulphate of soda, or two drachms of the chlorate of potash. 



STOMATITIS PUSTULOSO. 



This is a contagious disease, seldom seen in this country. It is 

 said to have occurred in Germany. It affected horses principally 

 from four to five years old. The animals looked to be in a healthy 

 ?nd thriving condition, but on eating hay large quantities of 



