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the statistics annually furnished by the army veterinary sur- 
geons; which demonstrate that glanders is rare among the re- 
mount horses, but particularly prevalent among horses from six 
to nine years of age, at the time they are doing duty in 
squadron. 
M. Hure points out, with reason, as a cause of glanders, the 
too prevalent custom, in most regiments, of taking their horses 
out of the stables, morning and evening, for the purpose of clean- 
ing them, at a time even when the air is cold and humid, not- 
withstanding many of the horses may evince cold shiverings 
about the neck, shoulders, and quarters. For a long time past 
the army veterinary surgeons have made known this departure 
from the laws of hygiene to the military authorities. Three 
years ago, M. Robert, Chief Veterinary Surgeon to the 5th 
Regiment of Artillery, addressed to the Minister of War an 
excellent memoir on the advantages resulting, in the preserva- 
tion of horses, from dressing horses in their stables, let the 
weather be what it will. On which occasion, we should say, 
orders were issued to every cavalry regiment for the cleaning of 
the horses, for the future, to be conducted always within doors. 
The author likewise says, in respect to the general exercise, 
that he has been witness to several practices incompatible with 
hygiene, and which are sources of suppressed perspiration. The 
time prescribed for exercise is two hours ; whereas, it happens 
every now and then that officers (in command) mistaking the 
time, find they have got back to the gates of the town before 
the hour has expired, and, in order to escape reprimand, instead 
of entering, they make a halt there ; the consequence is, that the 
horses, already sweated by their exercise, catch a chill from the 
draughts they are exposed to. We are quite of M. Hure’s 
opinion, that this is wrong ; but we believe it to be an excep- 
tional case. 
Other causes of suppressed perspiration connected with mili- 
tary discipline are mentioned by M. Hure, which it is hardly 
worth while here to repeat : we shall, therefore, conclude this 
Report with the 
Resume , that we cannot agree in opinion with our author 
when he says, that glanders prevails much more among horses 
in the army than among such as are employed in agriculture 
and for general purposes, owing to the repetitions of suppressed 
perspiration to which the former are subject. If we contrast 
the care which the former receive with the vicissitudes of all 
kinds besetting the second, we shall perceive that some other 
causes must exist for our cavalry horses being so infected be- 
sides suppressed perspiration : there must be an aggregate of 
causes acting in consonance to produce such a result. 
