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aught the disease, of which he died in dreadful agony, 



very bone in his head becoming carious. In severe 



cases, there is no cure for man or horse. "We have an 



account of one case being cured in man, by filling the 



wounds with lint or cotton, steeped in turpentine. 



In managing glandered horses, great care should be 

 taken to prevent the infectious matter coming in con- 

 tact with the membraneous linings of the mouth or nose. 

 It was stated in an English paper, in 1844, that since, 

 the year 1838, no less than thirty persons had sunk un- 

 der this terrible malady, which counted as many victims 

 as patients. 



Scarcely a year passes without an account in Euro- 

 pean journals of some person dying of glanders. A stu- 

 dent lately died in Paris of glanders, contracted by cutting 

 himself while dissecting a glandered horse at the cele- 

 brated veterinary school of Alfort. He had the best 

 medical aid from the beginning of the sad occurrence. 



HORSE-AIL. 



This disease occasionally prevails extensively among 

 horses. It is often very severe, and unless properly at- 

 tended to in season, it gradually reduces the horse to a 

 skeleton, and often proves fatal. Badly managed cases 

 sometimes cause the glanders ; otherwise the glanders is 

 not common in this part of the country. It prevails most 

 in the cold season, generally commencing in the fall. 

 Horse-ail is infectious, and very liable to occur without 

 mfection, as it is common to young horses, which do not 

 go from home, or come in contact with others that are 

 infected. The English call this disease strangles. 



Symptoms. Stoppage of the head, running at the nose, 

 swallowing in the throat, loss of appetite, dulness about 

 the eyes, general stupidity, and sudden debility. The 

 symptoms are similar to those of a cold, or the influenza 

 in the human race. It often causes a tumor under the 

 jaw. 



Remedy. E. "Wood, Esq., an intelligent correspon- 

 dent of the ''Maine Farmer," recommends the following 

 treatment : Take up a piece of skin on the breast, and 

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