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to contract this complaint, as there are a great number of instances where 

 men have been attacked with glanders. As a rule this disease proves fatal, 

 but some cases of recovery both in man and animals are recorded. 



In outbreaks of glanders, the infected animals should be at once isolated 

 .and professional aid called in. The stables should be thoroughly disinfected 

 M-ith sulphurous anhydride gas or chlorine, as was described in treating of 

 iniiuenza ; and the walls should be scraped, washed, and cleansed with 

 limewash, containing one pint of crude carbolic acid to the bucketful. The 

 harness and fittings and other articles which have been in contact with the 

 animal should also be thoroughly cleansed. In these cases an inquiry should 

 be made into the cause of the attack, and the sanitary conditions, if defective, 

 should be forthwith remedied. 



Internally iodine and antiseptics have been proved to be the most 

 valuable of all medicinal agents in treating cases of glanders. In conclusion, 

 we ought to mention that glanders is of far rarer occurrence now in this 

 country than formerly, and it is not improbable that as the laws of sanitation 

 become more widely known and respected, this loathsome pest will ere long 

 be a disease of the past. It has sometimes unfortunately happened that 

 ■glanders has spread rapidly before its true nature has been recognised. 

 Some forty or more years ago the late Mr. D. Gresswell was called to an 

 •outbreak of disease among a number of cart horses. They had already been 

 treated by the local veterinarian for nasal gleet, but on Mr. Gress well's 

 advice as to the true nature of the malady they were all destroyed and 

 l^uried. Some days afterwards the owner, believing that his horses had been 

 unjustly condemned, threatened to bring an action against Mr. Gresswell for 

 the whole amount of the value of the horses. One of the animals was 

 ■exhumed, and a veiy small portion of its blood was injected into the tissues 

 •of a donkey in order to settle the question. Seven days afterwards the 

 donkey developed acute glanders in its worst form and died, and thus Mr. 

 Gresswell's action was justified. The stables were then thoroughly disinfected', 

 and the disease stamped out. 



AxXTHRAX OR CHARBOxN. 



Antliracoid Diseases ; Glossanthrax^ and AntJwaeoid Angina. 



Of all diseases which affect man and beast, no one is of greater interest or 

 importance than this most destructive scourge. It attacks all animals, 

 including birds and even fishes, and no clime can be said to be exempt from 

 its ravages. Although not often met with in the horse in this countiy, it is of 

 common occurrence in the equine tribe in Central Hindoostan and in Southern 

 Africa ; and is, unfortunately, only too well known to the stock-breeder, in 

 some parts of England especially, and on the Continent, as the so-called 

 ^'splenic fever" of beasts. It is, moreover, believed to be closely allied to 

 ■"black leg," "quarter ill," or "black quarter," which malady is especially 



