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adjuncts. With such an auxiliary, Venice turpentine , dif¬ 
fused in steam at the nostrils, has removed recent cases of 
glanders, wherein the shankers were already visible, the dis¬ 
charge foetid, and the gland hard and fixed. To apply this 
remedy, make a bran mash, hot, in which the turpentine is 
to be mixed; attach this by means of a nose-bag to the 
horse’s head, and renew its warmth in a quarter of an hour 
by means of a pail of hot water, into which the bag is to be 
partially immersed. Afterwards cover the body, neck, and 
head, so as to promote perspiration ; but if this does not 
come on by those means, cover the body first in a large 
blanket wrung out in hot water; rub dry, cover up, and 
repeat the same daily. In all such cases we have given salt 
in every form the patient could take it, in his feeds, in his 
water, and washed his nose and his legs with salted water. 
With the same view we hear of sulphate of iron being given 
in the water, the pail being suspended in the stable for the 
horse to drink at will.” 
We have given the above, on the respectable authority of 
Mr. Hinds, but we have known it to be tried without effect. 
Whether this loathsome and fatal disease has its origin in 
the deteriorated atmosphere of stables, is a problem which 
has not yet been solved. Little doubt, however, can be 
entertained, that a strong preventive is clean cool, well-aired 
stables, and exposing the horse as much as possible to the 
influence of the atmosphere. For we find that in Arabia, 
South America, and Circassia, where horses are not confined 
to stables, the disease is unknown. 
Caution. —All purchasers of horses at fairs, or from dealers 
with whom they are not acquainted, should carefully examine 
horses as to their having this disease. Because they, by 
mfamous trickery, too frequently use means to deceive the 
purchaser. It is well known that if a horse is galloped 
