CHAP. III.] REMEDIES FOR GLANDERS. 373 



other, or dry nostril, is of a paler colour than ordi- 

 nary, or almost white. At this period the dis- 

 charge is a white glairy fluid, and the diseased state 

 of the sub-maxillary gland of that side is but just 

 perceptible to the touch ; but these being symp- 

 toms that belong equally to a catarrh, it is best to 

 be guided by the varied colour of the two nostrils, 

 remembering that in catarrh, or cold, both nos- 

 trils run. 



Well worthy of remark is the fact, that when 

 horses in a tolerable state of health first receive 

 infection, they show mettle, and are full of freaks 

 theretofore not experienced ; as the disorder pro- 

 ceeds in its ravages, this mettlesomeness goes off: 

 other acquired diseases have the same effects on all 

 animals — the venereal, for example, on man. 



A great stench accompanies the discharge in long 

 confirmed glanders, which increases during the. 

 latter stages of the disorder ; and that stable-man 

 who has once scented it in perfection, may presently 

 ascertain whether glandered horses have been re- 

 cently kept in any stable he may examine for the 

 purpose of detection. 



Remedies. — Those that have been applied to the 

 afflicted animal in this forlorn disease, are found of 

 no avail, unless taken at an early period* As hath 

 been said higher up, infection is not to be appre- 

 hended at first, and therefore the precaution some 

 use to prevent its spreading, by bleeding and purg- 

 ing all the rest of the horses in that particular 

 stable, is super-necessary, unless the animals require 



