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down to the lungs, which are soon destroyed. It is propaga- 

 ted by contagion, by exposure in humid stables, and is indu- 

 ced by hereditary indisposition and great exhaustion. Youatt 

 says, there is not a disease which may not lay the founda- 

 tion for glanders. The poison resides in the nasal discharge, 

 not in the breath. When exposed to it, the mangers should 

 be thoroughly scraped, washed with soap and water, and 

 afterwards with chloride of lime. All the clothing and har- 

 ness which may have received any of the contagious matter, 

 must be thoroughly cleansed and baked. The best preven- 

 tives are dry, clean and well ventilated stables, proper exer. 

 cise, and green food in summer, and roots in winter. The 

 disease may be arrested in its early stages, by turning the 

 animal on a dry pasture, but it is liable to return on subse- 

 quent confinement. Iodine has lately been announced as a 

 remedy, but of the certainty of its effects, we are not aware. 

 It is generally considered incurable, and when thoroughly 

 seated, it may be deemed an act both of humanity and 

 economy, to terminate the existence of its victim at once. 

 This course becomes a duty, from the fact that many grooms, 

 by their attendance on glandered horses, have been affected, 

 and though the disease is in their case more managable, yet 

 it is frequently fatal. Farcy is intimately connected with 

 glanders, and the diseases frequently run into each other. 



LAMP AS consist in the swelling of the bars of the mouth to 

 a level or even above the teeth. It may occur from inflamma- 

 tion of the gums ; shedding of the teeth ; a febrile tendency, 

 and from over feeding or want of exercise. It will generally 

 subside by low dieting and proper exercise ; or it may be at 

 once relieved, by lancing the bars with a sharp pen-knife. 



POLL-EVIL arises from some contusion or injury to the head, 

 which produces a swelling that eventually suppurates. The 

 inflammation may be abated in its earliest stages, by a blister, 

 and later, by bleeding, physic, and cold lotions applied to the 

 part. If these are ineffectual, and the swelling continues, 

 it should be hastened by poultices, and warm, stimulating 

 lotions ; and when fully formed, the tumor must be opened, 

 so as to permit all the matter to run out. Repeated applica- 

 tions of salt will sometimes cure it. 



HEAVES. *All those affections, distinguished in the Eng- 

 lish veterinary works, as pnuemonia or inflammation oftlie 

 lungs, chronic cough, thick and broken wind, consumption, #c., 

 are popularly designated as heaves. To some or all of these 

 the horse may have an hereditary or constitutional tendency. 



