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after a time be developed in one, and the remainder 

 become inoculated. The stable must then be looked 

 to before the horses are allowed to re-enter it ; but 

 on this subject ample directions will be given pre- 

 sently. 



In the course of medical treatment, the practitioner 

 should never be induced to practise cruelty. Opera- 

 tions of various kinds have been attempted, and the 

 absurdity of most of them clearly demonstrated. No 

 injection through a hole bored in the forehead can 

 possibly be of service — for it can only be brought into 

 contact with a very limited portion of the diseased 

 surface. Irritating lotions can only add to the inflam- 

 mation, and increase the sufferings of the animal, 

 adding intensity to the disorder. 



When considering glanders, however, it may be 

 truly said prevention is better than cure ; for after it 

 has been apparently cured, the disorder has fre- 

 quently returned ; and the practitioner will be best 

 able to prevent the disease when he thoroughly un- 

 derstands the nature and the cause of it. It is in its 

 nature a constitutional affection, the earliest percep- 

 tible symptom of which is traced to the nose. The 

 disease, however, is in the system ; and not confined 

 to the part where it first announced its existence. In 

 very many particulars, glanders is closely allied to 

 consumption in the human being; for the lungs of 

 the glandered horse are generally found tuberculated, 

 and the disease is the wind-up of an exhausted con- 

 stitution. Neglect on the part of the horse-owner is 

 by far the most frequent cause of glanders. Foul 

 stables, and excessive work, with high food acting 



