172 Diseases of the Horse, 



of a starcliy or gluey matter from one or both nostrils, often 

 tino-ed witli blood. The llnino- membrane of the nose is 

 studded with small deep ulcers, and between the ulcers cov- 

 ered with unhealthy looking pimples. The eye of the affected 

 side is weak and watery. A distinct tumor can be felt below 

 the jaw, sometimes forming an abscess discharging an un- 

 healthy pus. If well taken care of, a horse may live in this 

 condition for a year or two and do moderate work ; but he 

 is liable at any time to be carried off by an acute attack of 

 the disease, and he is constantly an object of great danger, not 

 only to other individuals of his own species, but to every 

 person who comes near him. 



Between the time of receiving the contagion into the sys- 

 tem and the appearance of the disease, there usually elapses 

 in the acute form but three to six days ; while in the chronic 

 form it may be two or three months. 



Treatment. — Some of the best authorities recommend that 

 no treatment be attempted in glanders. It is considered 

 more desirable for the animal and his attendants that he be 

 killed as soon as the nature of the disease is recognized. A 

 positive law to this effect exists in England, and it might be 

 well if it were adopted by all the States in this country. 



A vast number of remedies and receipts have been sug- 

 gested and various cm-es have been reported. They should 

 be accepted with hesitation, as it is quite likely that a nasal 

 gleet of some kind was mistaken for glanders. We shall give 

 several prescriptions w^hich have had the most said in their 

 favor, but our general advice is, as already given, to kill 

 every glandered horse as soon as he is determined to be so. 



Sulphate of copper and arsenic have had the most said in 

 their favor. They may be given alone or combined, as :— 



