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necessary to bleed and purge the other horses that 

 may have been in the stable, as this can have no 

 effect in preventing contagion. 



Where a person keeps a number of horses, it is 

 always best to destroy a glandered horse as soon as 

 possible. It is indeed highly improper to keep such 

 a diseased animal in any case, as the property of 

 others is thereby continually exposed to danger. 



It has been observed, that one^third of the hack- 

 ney coach horses in London are glandered : and we 

 see them frequently in carts belonging to poor men, 

 who purchase them for a mere trifle, and, as a horse 

 under this disease may continue to work for th.ree 

 or four 3'ears, they often turn out to be profitable. 

 But still there is some danger of the contagion being 

 thus propagated, except the glandered horse be 

 <;arefully kept in a stable by itself, and never suffered 

 to come into contact with a healthy horse. The 

 keepers of country ale-houses should be careful 

 never to admit a horse to bait in their stables w hich 

 appears afflicted by this dangerous disease, as many 

 people have suffered severely from a negligence of 

 this kind. 



From a great variety of experiments, made by 

 experienced and well-educated farriers, it has been 

 demonstrated, that no medicine is a specific for the 

 glanders. How^ever, it is to be hoped that some 

 regimental veterinary surgeon, who can institute a 

 series of experiments, in a barrack horse hospital, 

 may discover some effectual cure for this disease. 



M. St. Bel, the first professor of the veterinary 

 college in London, enjoyed several opportunites at 

 Lyons in making experiments on glandered horses : 

 but although he varied his treatment apparently 

 Vt^ith great skill and boldness, yet he confesses that 

 he never succeeded except in one instance, the par- 

 ticulars of which he has not communicated. He 

 concludes by observing, ' that many circumstances 

 have convinced him, that the virus of the glanders 



