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ation of the membrane of the nose with glanders, 

 for the symptoms are very similar. The farmer 

 will do well, as soon as he finds a horse attacked 

 with this disease, to place him by himself, give him 

 green food, and thoroughly whitewash the stable 

 from which he is taken, for it is a most con- 

 tagious disease. — American Farmer's Encydo- 

 pedia . 



Two thorough-bred colts, yearlings, that had 

 never been broke or put into a stable, were af- 

 fected with the glanders to a violent degree. It 

 was considered by the proprietor as a very ex- 

 traordinary circumstance that having never been 

 kept with any other horse, these colts should have 

 been attacked with the disease. On inquiry, 

 however, the author found that a canal ran on the 

 side of the field in which thesQ colts were kept, 

 and that upon one occasion, some boatmen had 

 been detected in turning their horses to graze in 

 the same field; and hence a very fair presumption 

 arose that the contagion was communicated in 

 that way. — Lawrence. 



That the glanders is contagious, has been 

 clearly and indisputably proved by numerous ex- 

 periments, and the manner in which it is prop."- 

 gated has likewise been satisfactorily demon- 

 strated. The great number of horses that have 

 been destroyed by glanders, especially in the 

 army, and in the establishments where great 

 numbers of horses are kept, has excited. particular 

 attention to the subject, especially in France and 

 Italy, where mauv attempts were made in the be- 



