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penalty of 500 llvres. Every animal suspected of glanders had 

 the words "suspected animal" impressed in green wax on his 

 forehead; and the penalty for selling such an animal, or offering 

 him for sale, was 500 livres. 



Persons having suspected animals were to report the same 

 immediately to the mayor, syndics of villages, or other proper 

 authorities, under a penalty of 500 livres. Such horses were 

 then inspected by experienced veterinai'ians, or other competent 

 judges, appointed by the mayor- or other officer, and if found 

 glandered were destroyed. If only suspicious, or suspected, 

 they were marked in the forehead as before described. At the 

 same time, a pamphlet on the glanders was published by order 

 of the government, drawn up by two eminent veterinarians, viz. 

 MM. Chabert and Huzard. This pamphlet, which was repub- 

 lished in the fifth year of the French Revolution, viz. 1797, 

 contained instructions for the veterinary surgeons employed 

 to examine suspected horses, pointing out the steps they were to 

 take with regard to the constituted authorities, and the pro- 

 prietors of such horses. 



Glanders, as before observed, has been divided into two 

 stages, the acute and the chronic, or the first and second stage. 

 The acute glanders is generally attended with acute farcy, such 

 as chancrous ulceration about the lips, face, or neck, with con- 

 siderable and painful swellings on diflferent parts, some of the 

 swelling appearing as a corded vein ; ulceration and swelling 

 of the hind leg or sheath, or testicles, and sometimes of the fore 

 leg, with corded veins, and farcy buds on the inside of the limb. 

 The acute glanders often spreads rapidly, and either destroys 

 the animal, or renders him such a pitiable and hopeless object, 

 that the proprietor is generally induced to have him knocked on 

 the head. 



Chronic glanders is generally very mild in the first stage of 

 the disorder, and does not affect the appetite, or the general 

 health and appearance of the animal. Such horses, when ])ro- 

 perly fed and taken care of, and worked with moderation, will 

 often continue in regular work for several years. 



I have been in the habit of attending several teams of glan- 

 dered horses since I left the army, and have known them last 

 four or five years. Sometimes, however, they would go off in 

 a few months; and whenever a glandered horse fell off much, 

 and became unequal to his work, he was destroyed. Many 

 glandered horses have been known to get rid of the disorder 

 Avhile working in these teams; and sound horses that have been 

 put in occasionally to fill up the teams, especially old horses, 

 have escaped the disorder. It is this circumstance, as I have 

 before stated, that has led many to believe that the glanders is 

 not contagious. 



