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The first stage of glanders is often very mild, and on. 

 that account it is more to be dreaded, as many have no idea 

 that the horse is suffering from the disease, until it is too 

 late, and communicated to others. Eut the second stage 

 is attended by ulceration within the nostrils, though, 

 sometimes too high up to be seen. The discharge is in. 

 larger quantity, glutinous, and sticking about the orifice 

 of the nostrils, especially the left, and unless constantly 

 wiped off, it will dry on, with a greenish crust, some- 

 times extending to the lips, and causing ulcers. The 

 discharge is often streaked with blood, and the horse 

 sometimes bleeds from the nostrils while working. The 

 matter has a very offensive smell, and as the disease 

 progresses it will generally run from both nostrils, and 

 the eyes will also become mattery at the inner corners; 

 the horse loses flesh and strength, has a hard, dry cough, 

 and at last dies in a most miserable condition. 



Glanders cannot be communicaied by applying the 

 matter from the nose of a glandered horse to the nos- 

 trils of a sound horse. But a horse affected with glan- 

 ders will often inoculate himself, and thereby produce 

 farcy, especially when at grass; the flies trouble him so 

 as to make him rub or bite the part until abrased, and 

 at the same time leave a little of the glanderous matter 

 from the nostril on the wound. This may easily be 

 proved by inoculating a glandered horse, in any part of 

 his body, with his own matter. A glanderous ulcer 

 will be produced, from which farcy buds will proceed, 

 and extend all over the body. There are many ways ia 



