GLANDERS. 
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raution, when even a suspicion is entertained, the most dis¬ 
astrous consequences have been the result. 
Although the glanders has been known to mankind and 
described for upwards of one thousand eight hundred years, 
yet, we lament to state, that little more is known of its 
proximate cause than at the time we have the first records 
of its history and treatment. Medical remedies have alle¬ 
viated the severity of the disease for a time, and arrested 
its progress, but it is certain to return and prove fatal at 
last, as it is doubtful if ever this malady was cured. 
There are various diseases which in their early symptoms 
have much the same appearance as glanders, and therefore it 
is necessary to watch these narrowly, as, of course, perfect 
recovery may follow. 
The very first symptom of glanders is a constant dis¬ 
charge of mucus from one nostril, clearer and of a lighter 
colour than in a common cold or catarrh, and more glutinous 
in its substance. If rubbed between the finger and thumb, 
it has a sticky feel. The discharge also differs from that 
produced by catarrh, in being continuous, whereas in the 
latter disease, it is only discharged at intervals. 
The matter discharged in this disease differs from that of 
a catarrh in its specific gravity. If a small quantity is dropped 
into water it sinks, and it will mix with the water on being 
stirred with it; whereas the mucous discharge of a common 
cold swims near the surface and preserves its slimy consist¬ 
ence, although stirred, and will not commingle with it. 
A singular character of the glanders is, that it generally 
attacks one nostril only, and that is the left one ; only a 
few cases having occurred where it commenced in the right 
nostril. Mr. Dupay, a celebrated veterinary surgeon, and 
director of this school ot surgery at Toulouse, mentions, that 
out of eight hundred cases of glanders, which occurred during 
his practice, only one was affected in the right nostril. 
