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all stable utensils, will mainly contribute to 

 that desirable end, and will prevent any 

 predisposition of the system's imbibing 

 the germ of this insidious disorder. It 

 sometimes commences with farcy, a dis- 

 ease almost as fatal. Always remember 

 that the first loss is best, and death is 

 the only prevention of contagion. 



How frequently have I witnessed the 

 injurious effects of a wretched and parsi- 

 monious economy, in the purchase of in- 

 ferior corn. Diabetes, inflammation of 

 the kidneys, acrid humours, general de- 

 bility, and other diseases, all arising from 

 cheap or stale oats, frequently terminate 

 in farcy or glanders. 



As an instance of the virulent, as well 

 as dangerous nature of this disease, even 

 to the human subject, 1 remember a 

 man, employed as a knacker, inoculating 

 himself while in the act of flaying a 

 horse that fell a victim to it, and dying 



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