46 THE GLANDERS. 



State of the Horse in the Glanders. 



which oftentimes vents itself at the nostrils. (See 

 the section on Strangles infra,) 



The fourth appears to arise from an acri- 

 monious humour by the farcy seizing on those 

 parts, where it soon lays an incurable foundation. 

 And as there are different kinds of this disease, or, 

 more properly speaking, symptoms of different 

 diseases appearing similar to the glanders (all 

 of which may be discerned by a man of judg- 

 ment,) it will be proper to inform the reader, 

 that the three first mentioned ( falsely called the 

 glanders) are undoubtedly/ curable, * 



In an attempt to cure this most formidable dis- 

 ease, we must first consider the horse's constitu- 

 tion, habit of body, and the state the disease may 

 have reduced him to. If on examination he be 

 found able to undergo the operation of the fol- 

 lowing mercurial and purgative medicines, let 

 them be administered. 



