166 HORSE-TRAINING MADE EASY. 



by the poisonous matter. A simple scratch on 

 the hand, should a portion of the glanded matter 

 come in contact with it, would be sufficient to 

 inoculate a person, the result of which would be, 

 a most terrible death. 



For the special benefit of such persons as may 

 be employed about the Government horses, I will 

 give a brief account of the nature, cause, and 

 diagnosis of glanders, in order to put the inex- 

 perienced on their guard. Glanders is a disease 

 of a most loathsome and malignant character, 

 occurring far more frequently in the horse than 

 any other animal ; still I am inclined to believe 

 that it rages with far more violence when com- 

 municated to the ass or mule, than it does even 

 in the horse. Another important fact in regard 

 to the loathsome disease, and which ought always 

 to be borne in mind by those employed about 

 stables, where the disease is likely to exist, is 

 that it is not confined to the equine species, but 

 is readily communicated to the human being. 

 The only domestic animals which appear to be 

 free from contamination are the ox and the sheep, 

 which do not appear to take the disease even by 

 inoculation. 



GLANDERS IN THE HUMAN BEING. 



The path of propriety and of duty evidently is 

 to put the farmer and horse-proprietor on their 

 guard. The experience of every age, and I would 

 say of every man who has seen country practice, 



