366 CONTROVERSY AS TO COMMUNICABLE [BOOK II. 



destruction ought to commence, by authority, or, 

 in common humanity, to prevent the thoughtless 

 from immolating the property of others, who are 

 usually little proprietors, and therefore more en- 

 titled to our commiseration. 



" So great has been the destruction of horses 

 which have either really been, or reputed to be 

 glandered, through the prejudice of ignorant per- 

 sons, that it has been said, whoever can point out 

 the distinction between the communicable disease 

 and those which bear some affinity to it, will con- 

 fer a benefit on society, and serve the cause of hu- 

 manity." 



What ha Fosse proposes to show is, 1. " That 

 it is easy to confound this disorder with others that 

 resemble it, in some particulars. 2. That among 

 the different sorts of glanders (so reputed), some are 

 infectious, whilst there are others that are not so ; 

 and 3. That some of these are curable, and others 

 incurable. 



" There are few veterinary practitioners who do 

 not know that strangles, strangles of the gullet, 

 pursiveness, or asthma, and those defluxions that 

 proceed from affections of the lungs, exhibit the 

 same external appearance as the glanders, properly 

 so called ; consequently it is easy to be deceived on 

 the subject, and the farrier will fail in his endea- 

 vours at a cure if he has not previously ascertained 

 the distinguishing symptoms of the disorder. What 

 then ought he to do in order not to be led into error. 



