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six years old, and just taken from grass; the 

 other nine years old, and taken from regular 

 work. The first showed evident signs of glanders 

 at the expiration of thirty-four days; it fu»Hy 

 declared itself in the second at the end of six 

 weeks." 



John Gramgee, Professor in the Edinburgh 

 Veterinary College, says : " Horses undoubtedly 

 affected with this dreadful malady should be de- 

 stroyed as soon as the disease is satisfactorily 

 diagnosed. Various mineral tonics have been 

 vaunted as specifics, but we cannot conceive on 

 what principle animals should be allowed to live, 

 endangering the life of those around them, with 

 no benefit to themselves. 



"A glandered horse may contaminate the air 

 of a stable to such a degree, that horses breath- 

 ing the same air may become infected with the 

 disease, although the infected may never come in 

 contact with the infecting horse. Fortunately 

 glanders is not so infectious as some other dis- 

 eases to which horses are liable, otherwise the 

 breed would soon become extinct." — Veterina- 

 rian, 1833. 



" Glanders. — We have had about the same 

 number of glandered horses as in the last year ; 

 and we must repeat, that in spite of all the care 

 that has been bestowed upon them, and the strict 

 attention which has been paid to the adminis- 

 tration of medicines the most likely to have a 

 good effect, and the power of which has • been 

 vaunted by others, we are not able to relate f 



