GLANDERS AND FARCY. 



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tial measures adopted by companies are not sufficient to eradicate 

 it, and the " glandcred night train " is not altogether a thing of the 

 past. The danger tp human life is so great that we feel happy to 

 seize any opportunity to urge the adoption of the most effectual 

 measures for the suppression of any practice vhich tends to pro- 

 long the life of the glandered horse. 



SECTION OF A HORSE'S HEAD TN A HEALTHY CONDITION— ITS ANATOMY. 



Description.— a The lining membrane of the nose, known as the schneiderian membrane. 

 ;On its surface are seen the vessels which furnish it with arterial blood. 



6 The anterior portion of the brain, known as the cerebrum. 



c The posterior portion of the brain, known as the cerebellum. 



d The frontal sinuses. 



e The tongue. 



/ Showing the velum palate, or soft palate. 



g The back part of the mouth. 



h The pharynx, or top of the oasophagus. 



i The epiglottis, or cartilage at the root of the tongue. 



j The glottis, or opening into the windpipe. 



k The oesophagus, or gullet. 



I The trachea, or windpipe. 

 m The spinal cord. 



v Junction of the cerebellum with the spinal cord. 

 op Showing a section of the cervical vertebrae, or bones of the neck. 

 The dotted lines between a and g, show the direction leading to the trachea and oesophagus, 



A fatal case of glander, reported in the Baltimore " Herald of 

 Keform," is as follows : Mr. I. P. Bums, a grocer, died a horrible 

 death in that city in consequence of poison communicated to his 

 system from a horse afflicted with glanders. During the admin- 

 istration of medicine, Mr. Burus thrust into the animal's mouth 

 his hand, a finger of which had been previously cut, and the flesh 

 laid open. Through this wound the virus was absorbed, and mor- 

 tification supervened. A surgeon was called upon to amputate 



