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by himself, and away from other horses. Plenty 

 of warm clothing and plenty of fresh, pure air is 

 the best remedy. The disease must run its course. 



Where strangles has been very severe, or where 

 proper suppuration has not taken place, it is 

 possible that a horse may turn a ' roarer ;' but 

 this is not, luckily, a very common termination of 

 the disease, and under ordinary circumstances, 

 and with the exercise of ordinary care, should be 

 avoided. 



I will not refer to the subject of glanders or 

 farcy, further than to express my very earnest 

 hope that the reader may never be unfortunate 

 enough to have a horse afflicted with either. But 

 should such be his ill-luck, I would urge him, as 

 soon as it is pronounced beyond doubt, not to 

 hesitate for an instant in giving orders for the 

 destruction of his horse, even if the latter were 

 'worth a king's ransom' — and this in the interests 

 of his neighbours as well as his own. Where such 

 disease has been in a stable, that stable is never 

 again really safe for a horse — to speak plainly, I do 

 not believe that anything short of razing it to 

 the ground, and replacing the soil whereon the 

 stable has stood with entirely fresh, can be relied 

 upon as being a thoroughly certain preventive 

 against its recurrence at some future time. I do 



