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to contract this complaint, as there are a great number of instan. ere 
men have been attacked with glanders. As a rule this disease pro A iatal, 
‘ but some cases of recovery both in man and animals are recorded. 
In outbreaks of glanders, the infected animals should be at once isolated 
and professional aid called in. The stables should be thoroughly disinfected 
with sulphurous anhydride gas or chlorine, as was described in treating of 
influenza; and the walls should be scraped, washed, and cleansed with 
limewash, containing one pint of crude carbolic acid to the bucketful. The 
“harness and fittings and other articles which have been in contact with the 
animal should also be thoroughly cleansed. In these cases an inquiry should 
be made into the cause of the attack, and the sanitary conditions, if defective, 
should be forthwith remedied. 
Internally iodine and antiseptics have been proved to be the most 
valuable of all medicinal agents in treating cases of glanders. In conclusion, 
we oughtto mention that glanders is of far rarer occurrence now in this 
country than formerly, and it is not improbable that as the laws of sanitation 
‘become more widely known and respected, this loathsome pest will ere long 
be a disease of the past. It has sometimes. unfortunately happened that 
glanders has spread rapidly before its true nature has been recognised. 
Some forty or more years ago the late Mr. D. Gresswell was called to an 
outbreak of disease among a number of cart forses. They had already been 
treated by the local veterinarian for nasal gleet, but on Mr. Gresswell’s 
advice as to the true nature of the malady they were all destroyed and 
buried. Some days afterwards the owner, believing that his horses had been 
unjustly condemned, threatened to bring an action against Mr. Gresswell for 
the whole amount of the value of the horses. One of the animals was 
exhumed, and a very small portion of its blood was injected into the tissues 
of ‘a donkey in order to settle the question. Seven days afterwards the 
donkey developed acute glanders in its worst form and died, and thus Mr. 
‘Gresswell’s action was justified. The stables were-then thoroughly disinfected, 
and the disease stamped out. 
ANTHRAX OR CHARBON. 
Anthracotad Diseases; Glossanthrax, and Anthracoid Angina. 
‘OF all diseases which affect man and beast, no one is of greater interest or 
importance. than this most destructive scourge. . It attacks all animals, 
including birds and even fishes, and no clime can be said to be exempt from 
its ravages. Although not often met with in the horse in this country, it is of 
common occurrence in the equine tribe in Central Hindoostan and in Southern 
Africa; and is, unfortunately, only too well known to the stock-breeder, in 
some parts of England especially, and on the Continent, as the so-called 
“splenic fever” of beasts.- It is, moreover, believed to be closely allied to 
“black leg,” “quarter ill,” or “black quarter,” which malady is especially 
