510 ROYAL AN1) CENTRAL SOCIETY OF AG U ICULTURE. 
Without absolutely denying the possibility of such a thing, he 
states, that he has great difficulty in giving credit to its existence. 
His doubts are founded on an experience of twelve years, during 
which period he has seen more than twelve hundred glandered 
horses that were cleaned, and groomed, and looked after by as 
many soldiers, — he opened at least six hundred of them, and both 
himself and the assistant farriers have remained for hours, in all 
degrees of temperature, with their hands covered with portions 
of those organs which had undergone alteration, without meeting 
with one single case of the transmission of glanders or farcy from 
the horse to the human being. But, although he is doubtful with 
regard to this point, he appears to be fully convinced that this 
disease may be spontaneously developed. He believes it quite 
possible that man may occasionally be placed in relative positions, 
analogous to those which give birth to this affection in the horse. 
Chapter the 7th. — “ Means which may be employed for the pre- 
vention of glanders, farcy , and other diseases of a similar nature.” 
This chapter contains a very clever account of all the hygieinic 
rules which should be followed, the precautions which should be 
taken, and the means which should be employed for the preven- 
tion of the development of glanders and farcy in a cavalry re- 
giment. M. Berger speaks, first, of the troop horses, and then 
of the young horses, and enters largely into the subject of the 
proper food and stabling adapted for them. In order to mark 
the importance which ought to be attached to a strict observance 
of hygieinic regulations in the treatment of troop horses, the 
author inserts an extract from a report made to the minister of 
w 7 ar by a commission, composed of the highest military func- 
tionaries, surgeons, and veterinary surgeons, on the losses occa- 
sioned by glanders. It appears from the calculations made in 
this report, that from the revolution in July to the 31st of De- 
cember 1836, the army lost 3,132 horses from glanders every 
year, the value of which would amount to 1,740,610 francs. 
Chapter 8th. — “ The identity of various diseases with glanders 
and farcy.” 
The diseases which the author compares to glanders or farcy 
are tubercular phthisis, scrofula, scorbutic and scrofulous and 
scabby and carcinomatous ulcers, cancers, scurfy ulcers, scurvy, 
sciatica, rachitis, wens, white tumours, &c. 
This paper of M. Berger’s is the most complete work on 
glanders and farcy which we possess. It is true, that every thing 
contained in the voluminous manuscript does not emanate from 
him, but that he has borrowed numerous portions, yet, taking 
into account simply those parts which are his own, it is a very 
superior work, and could only have been written by a talented 
and industrious man. 
