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eyes glare, the nostrils are distended, and there is a trembling all 

 over. If examined the feet wUl be found too hot, with the artery in 

 the pastern throbbing violently. The first step towards relief is to 

 remove the shoes as gently as possible, and wash the feet in warm 

 water. Then fasten a large flat sponge under each foot, and wrap 

 the feet and legs from the sole upward with flannel bandages, and 

 keep them wet with dflute tincture of arnica, half a pint of the tinc- 

 ture to a gallon of water. Give fifteen to twenty drops (according 

 to the size of the horse) of tincture of aconite root, and two ounces 

 of saltpetre in a pint of waiTu water, to be repeated twice at intervals 

 of twelve hours, the doses to be diminished at each repetition. Feed 

 Qothing but bran mashes, boiled carrots, and other soft food. The 

 bandages are to be kept moistened for several days, until the vio- 

 lence of the symptoms subside. 



GLANDERS AND FARCY. 



Glanders is a malignant and incurable disease. It is spontaneous 

 only with the horse species, but is also contagious, and when com- 

 municated to the human species, produces terrible suffering and 

 death. In its acute form its development is so rapid and the symp. 

 toms are so clearly marked, that there is little difficulty in recogniz- 

 ing it, and taking summary measures to prevent its spread. In the 

 chronic form it may exist for months, communicating its virus to 

 healthy animals before its presence is positively known. Foul 

 stables, exposure, excessive labor, neglect and bad management may 

 produce glanders and farcy. Says Dr. Dadd : " Suppose we select a 

 horse whose general health is impaired ; let such animal be exposed 

 to the pitiless storm for several hours, and he will take what ia 

 termed in popular language a 'cold.' Let him now be treated 

 according to the practice of the ' kill or cure ' system — bleeding and 

 purging. The secretions become impaired ; loss of appetite sets in ; 

 the ' coat stares ' ; there is a dull, sleepy appearance about the ani- 

 mal, and a discharge from the nostrils, at first thin and opaque, but 

 which soon acquires a tenacious and acrimonious character ; it 

 finally assumes a putrid type and decomposes parts of the mucous 

 surfaces ; ulcerations of the cartilages of the nose follow, and we 

 have a clear case of glanders." The symptoms of acute glanders 

 are fever, dull and heavy countenance, discharge from one or both 

 nostrils, at first thin and watery, and afterward purulent, the glands 

 under the jaws are swollen, tumid and adhering to the jaw bone. 

 The nostrils sometimes become swollen and stick together by the 

 discharge, and a fetid odor is emitted. If the nostrils are opened, 



