GLANDERS 1 9 



Stables, we fear, are too frequently predisposing 

 causes in the production of glanders. There the 

 ammonia from the urine fills the whole atmo- 

 sphere, and this being constantly inhaled, ultimately 

 produces a poisonous effect upon the lungs. 



We find that glanders almost invariably breaks 

 out in ill-aired stables, and which are besides kept 

 too hot. We find that in the lofty, well-aired stables of 

 gentlemen this disease is almost unknown, and when 

 it does show itself in such, it has in all probability 

 been introduced by some addition to his stud of one 

 or more horses previously affected. In such a case, 

 all the other animals in the stable may catch the 

 malady, as glanders is known to be highly contagious. 

 In many of the crowded, ill-aired stables of London 

 and other large cities, this disease is but too often an 

 inmate, and frequently great havoc is made among 

 the horses in consequence. Persons who are in the 

 daily habit of riding to town, should bespeak a stall 

 expressly for themselves in a livery-stable, because, 

 by introducing a diseased horse, the contagium may 

 be caught by their horses, in consequence of any 

 slight wound about the muzzle coming in contact with 

 the crib, on which the mucus of the glandered animal 

 has been left, and is thus carried into the circulation. 

 All public stables should have high divisions between 

 the stalls, to prevent the muzzles of horses from com- 

 ing in contact with each other, horses being very apt 

 to smell at one another in a stable, as it is by 

 this faculty alone they recognise their companions. 

 Glanders may be propagated in three ways : — ( i ) 

 By Ingestion of food soiled with the glanders discharge 

 from the nose. (2) By drinking water containing 

 the discharge. (3) By Inoculation of the virus into a 

 wound, e.g., a glandered horse biting his neighbour. 



