62 GLANDERS. 



riment with the cure of glanders, it must not be for- 

 gotten that the disease is notoriously contagious, and 

 every horse suspected of being affected ought to be 

 kept where he can have no possible communication 

 with other animals. 



Care should be taken that the hands of the person 

 who administers the balls are perfectly sound, for the 

 disease is unfortunately as dangerous to the human 

 being as to the horse. The most prudent method 

 would be never to ball a glandered horse without the 

 balling-iron and gloves. 



What, then, is the practitioner to do when consulted 

 respecting a case of glanders? In such a case, having 

 a regard for his own reputation, and a sincere concern 

 for his employer's interest, the best advice he can 

 give is, at once to destroy the horse. The first loss 

 will certainly be the least. 



If, however, the owner wishes medical treatment 

 should be adopted, let the animal be removed to some 

 place where he can be secure and alone. If in the 

 stable the glandered horse originally inhabited there 

 were other horses, let these be brought out one by 

 one, and carefully examined. They ought not to be 

 driven out all at once, lest confusion arise ; any that 

 exhibit a symptom which is suspicious should be put 

 apart by themselves. Those which are hopelessly 

 diseased should be sent in an opposite direction to be 

 slaughtered ; those that have confirmed glanders, but 

 may be worthy the hazard of a cure, despatched an- 

 other way; and those that are apparently not glan- 

 dered put into a fresh stable ; but all communication 

 with each other be forbidden, lest the disease should 



