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blood of the unfortunate man ; fermentation was set up, and 

 death staring hrm in the face, there was no power to save. 

 The discovery of a ferment and its antidote have changed 

 the scene from death to that of life. So, likewise, with 

 veterinary surgeons, however ignorant and slow some of 

 ' them are to see and understand, it will enable them to pre- 

 serve the life of many a useful animal to its owner, thus 

 adding very materially to the happiness and prosperity of 

 tliis great and prosperous people. 



Glanders are recognized by ulceration of the lining mem- 

 orane of the nose, or the formation of pustules, and com- 

 monly situated in the septum nasi. These pustules soon 

 ulcerate and discharge pus of a greenish color, rapidly dry- 

 ing up when spread over the nostrils, and sinking in water, 

 owing, as is supposed, to it containing no oil or pus cells, 

 but principally albumen. There is one phenomenon never 

 absent in this disease, and that is the enlarged gland under 

 the jaw ; hence, the common name of the disease — glanders. 

 There are, said the lecturer, many wrong ideas entertained, 

 not only in regard to the contagious nature of the disease, 

 but also in regard to its incurability and even fatality. 

 Glanders is no more contagious than the heavy, stinking 

 discharge from the nose of some horses with catarrh, as 

 the pus of an abscess on the nose of a horse with a cold, 

 when introduced into the blood of healthy animals, will 

 produce a ferment — which explains the reason why a cold 

 in horses terminates in glanders ; it is the absorption 

 of the pus. This will be readily understood, when it 

 is said the hors ; is running or bordering on glanders. 

 Horses affected with chronic glanders will live and work 

 for years, which fact, being well known, has caused dissatis- 

 faction with local laws, prohibiting the use of glandered 

 horses. 



