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gation of this subject. For man can do almost anything 

 if he only thinks so, and sets himself to work in earnest 

 about it, or, to say the least, what has been done can be 

 done again. Now, supposing you were on board of a 

 sinking ship at sea, which would be the best course to 

 pursue, to proceed at once to stop the leak and thus save 

 the vessel, or all hands go to bailing and pumping until 

 she sunk with all on board? I think you will agree with 

 me that the first thing to be done is to Hnd the leak and 

 then stop it. Thus it has been with this disease of the 

 horse; all hands have engaged in pumping until the 

 vessel has sunk to the bottom, or they have added fuel 

 to the flame, by administering those nostrums that in- 

 creased the difficulty instead of arresting it, until the 

 horse has rotted down with the glanders. But they have 

 never found the leak, consequently they did not know 

 how to go to work to stop it. Glanders in the first 

 stages is merely a local disease, which is as easily cured 

 then as any other. But when allowed to run on until it 

 becomes general, the difficulty increases in proportion 

 as the disease approximates death. There is a constant 

 secretion of fluid from the glands to lubricate and moisten 

 the membrane that lines the cavity of the nose, and 

 which, in cases of colds or catarrh, is increased in quan- 

 tity and altered in appearance and consistence. It is 

 also lessened and drred in cases of fever, &c. *' But 

 what is to be considered here, is the continued and pro- 

 fuse discharge of thickened mucus from the nose, af:er 

 every symptom of catarrh and fever have passed away," 

 which is either continually running, or snorted out by 

 the horse in masses, and finally leads on to glanders. 



