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If in the later months rabies has been rare among the dogs, this 
happy result is to be attributed to circumstances for which we are 
unable fully to account. 
There are few active remedies that have not been employed in 
the abatement or the removal of rabies ; but every mode of treat- 
ment has been tried in vain. There are thousands, however, of 
ignorant persons who rely on the efficacy of numerous panacese, 
the composition of which is utterly incompatible with the simple 
rules of pharmacy. 
Glanders 
Has long possessed the sad privilege of wearing out the patience 
of experimentalists. I will not add sufficient to disgust you with 
any remarks that I may offer; but I must honestly confess that 
I have little hope that this disease will ever be entirely unravelled 
and overcome. 
We may view this malady under three aspects, — its causes, its 
nature, and its treatment. It is regarded as an enzootic in many 
of our larger towns. At Lyons 130 animals were destroyed, and 
128 in the preceding year. A great deal seems to depend upon 
the state of the weather. Rains, almost continual, are the pre- 
cursors of farcy : they have little influence on the production of 
mange. 
In that part of the country which is in the neighbourhood of 
Lyons this disease is comparatively seldom seen, even with re- 
gard to the animals that are employed every night in the removal 
of various nuisances. It is principally observed among the horses 
that are agglomerated together. In those in which mange exists 
the contagion of chronic mange is a question of great importance, 
and one on which there is great diversity of opinion. The most 
numerous are in favour of non-contagion, and they increase every 
day; but occasionally there are proofs to the contrary. We have 
seen horses that, during six years, have cohabited together without 
the slightest injury being effected in the stables of the post-office, 
and in the centre of fifteen horses decidedly glandered ; but these 
are circumstances of rare occurrence. 
Maladies of the Chest. 
Affections of the lungs and pleura are less frequent than in the 
preceding year, and they have been equally so in every season. 
Generally, revulsives have been used. In some cases it has been 
deemed necessary to have recourse to bleeding. More than once, 
however, it has been requisite to reserve the employment of this 
