^28 COMPENDIUM OF THE VETERINARY ART. 



jn the Materia Metlica w^is tried without effect, 

 and it was generally considered as an incurable 

 disorder. Had the practitioners of medicine 

 been then discouraged by the failure of so many 

 experiments, and given it up as a hopeless 

 undertaking, it would ha^"? been unfortunate 

 indeed for the votaries of the cyprian goddess; 

 but by perseverance every difficulty was sur- 

 mounted, and the antidote at length disco- 

 vered. Thus, although our attempts to cure 

 the glauders have hitherto proved ineffectual, 

 it ought by no means to be relinquished as a 

 fruitless inquiry ; rather indeed ought it to 

 operate as a stimulus on the veterinarian, and 

 prompt him to an exertion of all his talents 

 and ingenuity; since the more difficulty there 

 is in the pursuit, the more honour and profit 

 will there be attached to the discovery. There 

 may be many steps to ascend before we can 

 arrive at this d,esirable object, and he who 

 makes any progress toward it does a service 

 to societ}^ : we shall not perhaps suddcnli/ find 

 out the method of curing the disease, though 

 jt may be accomplished by gradual and suc- 

 cessive discoveries. 



From the observations I have been able to 

 make on the glanders, they appear generally to 



