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Fresh specimens of sections of the lungs, nose, and othei- 

 portions taken from a glandered animal, were placed at the 

 disposal of the lecturer for the purpose of illustrating to 

 the audience, showing the morbid changes effected by the 

 disease. At the close of the lecture, the doctor showed the 

 manner of generating nascent hydrogen for the purpose of 

 detecting the presence of the alkaline sulphite in the secre- 

 tions of horses, under its effects, for the purpose of the cure 

 of glanders. Before touching upon the plan of treatment, 

 the reader is referred to the article Farcy. 



Treatment. The proposition of restoration in a disease of 

 this kind, is the destruction of the ferment, the removal of 

 its products or effects, and the improvement of the bad 

 habit of body by enriching the blood. 



To remove or neutralize the ferment or poison, give one- 

 half to one ounce doses of the sulphite of soda at night, in 

 cut feed, for several weeks, and five grains of the powdered 

 Spanish fly along with it, which will act not only as a 

 powerful tonic, but as an agent whereby the product of the 

 disease will be removed from the body of the animal by 

 the kidneys. This treatment will not interfere with the 

 other medicine, which is powdered gentian root, three 

 drachms; powdered sulphate of copper, two drachms. 

 Mix these articles, and give the whole for a dose, and give 

 one dose morning and mid-day. 



These medicines will have to be continued for a long 

 time, not only to cure the disease, but to improve the health. 

 The horse must be well and highly fed, and removed from 

 other horses while the treatment is going on. Change the 

 feed often, so as to get all the elements that the blood re- 

 quires, and to keep up the appetite, for if the appetite fails, 

 no cure can be made. 



Hemember. Glanders associated with tubercles of the 



