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or oatmeal gruel, should constitute tlie diet. I 

 would recommend a few carrots. But above all 

 good nursing is to be desired, and by following 

 the foregoing instructions a succes-ful result is 

 inevitable. , 



GLANDERS. 



This is one of the most fatal diseases to which 

 the horse is subject. It is propagated in the 

 most cases by contagion, the infection being seed 

 from the nasal discharge, not as many suppose 

 from the breath, but according to eminent 

 foreign authors, tlie disease has its origin also in 

 a vitiated state of the blood, and this maj result 

 from improper treatment or neglect of almost 

 any disease to which he is liable. In its early stage 

 it appears to be onl}^ a slight inflammation of the 

 inner membrane of the nose, not however at- 

 tended with the usual florid red, characterizing 

 inflammation, but of a paler hue, and afterwards 

 becommg darker. The first marked symptom is a 



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