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Before we make mention of this work, which 

 has the approbation of the Royal Academy of 

 Sciences, it will not be unacceptable to our read- 

 ers, we apprehend, to have a more particular 

 account of the fymptoms of this diforder than 

 M. la FofTe has laid down, that we may the 

 better judge of the merit of our author and his 

 difcoveries. 



The matter then difcharged from the noftrils 

 of a glander'd horfe is either white, yellow, or 

 greenifh, fometimes ftreaked or tinged with 

 blood -, when the difeafe is of long (landing, the 

 matter turns blackifh, and becomes very fetid, 

 and is always attended with a fwelling of the 

 kernels or glands under the jaws ; in every 

 other refpect the horfe is generally healthy and 

 found till the diflemper has been of fome con- 

 tinuance. 



From thefe fymptoms and fome obfervations 

 made by Bracken and Gibfon, it is plain they 

 were not abfolute ftrangers to the feat of this 

 diforder, though they neglected pufhing their 

 enquiries to the fountain-head, and coniequent- 

 ly were at a lofs to know how to apply the re- 

 medy to the parts affected. 



But our author after examining by diffection the 

 carcafes of glander'd horfes, and making a ftricl: 

 fcrutiny into the ftate of the vifcera, amfted for 

 that pnrpofe by ingenious and expert anatomifts 

 for ten years together, affirms this difeafe to be 

 altogether local -, and that the true feat of it is 



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