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THE GLANDERS. 



This disease has baffled all who have tried to cure it, and probably 

 will do so to the end of time ; so I advise those who may have a 

 giandered horse, to put him off as soon as they shall be certain that 

 he is so. People often mistake other disorders for the Glanders. A 

 violent cold sometimes causes a running at the nostrils, and kernels 

 under the jaws, when the horse is free from the Glanders. Some- 

 times a running- at the nostrils is caused by laying- too much weight 

 on a horse. I once bought one at Boroughbridge fair, which 1 soon 

 after sold, and eleven weeks after that had him returned as a gian- 

 dered horse ; but I kept him for some time afterwards, and he neither 

 infected others nor lost his flesh. This horse Avas bought from a 

 miller, who had overloaded him, which caused him to bleed at the 

 nose; afterwards he began to run at the nose, and did so during the 

 time that I had him, which was nearly half a year. I do not pretend 

 to cure this disorder. 



Symptoms. — The matter discharged from the nGstrils of a glandered 

 horse is either white, yellow, greenish, or streaked or tinged with 

 blood. When the disease has been of long standing, and the bones 

 are fouled, the matter turns blackish and becomes very bad. 



The Glanders is always attended with a swelling of the kernels, or 

 glands under the jaws, but in every other respect the horse is gener- 

 ally healthy and sound, till the disorder has continued some time, and 

 the morbid matter has affected other parts. 



If a thin, limpid fluid be first discharged, and afterwards a whitish 

 matter ; if the gland under the jaw do not continue to swell, and the 

 disorder shall have been recently contracted, a speedy cure may be 

 effected by applying the following : 



1 ox. of Roach Alum. 

 1 do. While Vitriol. 



Powder these well, put them into a pint of warm vinegar, and 

 syringe about an ounce up his nostrils every day. This may do good 

 if the disorder be newly caught. 



SWELLINGS AND IMPOSTHUMES. 



It is difficult to treat on Swellings, as so many external or internal 

 accidents happen to horses ; the former by blows or bruises, and the 

 latter by disorders. 



When a swelling is in its first stage, bathe it well with verjuice, or 

 vinegar, with a little saltpetre dissolved in it ; and if the swelling still 

 continue, mix 



1 oz. of Extract of Lead. I oz. of Spirits of Sal Ammoniac. 



1 do. Spirits of Wine. 3 do. Vinegar. 



Rub the swelling well with it ; but if it be very hot, add four ounces 

 of water instead of the vinegar. Should the swelling come forward 

 and form matter, which you may feel by the pressure of your finger, 

 let the matter out, but be sure to make the incision large enough that 

 you may dress it with ease. When you have laid the part open, dress 



