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and friction are the most probable means to be 

 applied. 



GLANDERS. 



Symptoms. — Of all the diseases incidental to the 

 horse this is without doubt the most malignant, and 

 most to be dreaded in a steed. The instant that 

 there is any appearance of it, the horse should be 

 immediately removed to a place by itself, as this 

 malady is exceedingly contagious ; and from want of 

 due caution, when even a suspicion is entertained, 

 the most disastrous consequences have been the 

 result. 



This disease is due to the introduction of a para- 

 site, termed the " Bacillus Malleii," into the body of 

 the horse, and is found in the discharge from the 

 nostrils and in the ''glanders nodules" in the lungs 

 of affected horses. 



There are various diseases which in their early 

 symptoms have much the same appearance as 

 glanders, and therefore it is necessary to watch these 

 narrowly. 



The very first visible symptom of glanders is a 

 discharge from one nostril, clearer and of a lighter 

 colour than in a common cold or catarrh, and more 

 glutinous in its substance. If rubbed between the 

 finger and thumb, it has a sticky feel. 



A singular character of glanders is, that it gener- 

 ally attacks one nostril only, and that is the left one ; 

 only a few cases having occurred where it commenced 

 in the right nostril. Mr Dupay, a celebrated 

 veterinary surgeon, and director of this school of 

 surgery at Toulouse, mentions, that out of eight 

 hiind7^ed cases of glanders, which occurred during his 

 practice, only one was affected in the right nostril. 



