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EXPERIMENTS ON THE 
jects of this character cost much, and there are very few experi¬ 
mentalists in whom the love of science would be so strong as to 
lead them to run the risk of ruining themselves in the pursuit of it. 
The Government alone, and which is so interested in this 
question, could defray the necessary expense of experimenting 
on a large scale; but hitherto, the Government which, on a late 
occasion, has not hesitated to expend some hundred thousands 
of franks in elucidating the question of the curability of glan¬ 
ders, has not attempted to throw the least light on the equally 
important one of the contagiousness of this disease. 
Our connexion with the infirmary of Betz has given us an 
opportunity of making some experiments which we hope may 
contribute to throw some light on a subject of veterinary patho¬ 
logy so doubtful. We receive glandered and farcied horses be¬ 
longing to the first military division. When, from a certain 
mode of treatment, or in process of time any of them are appa¬ 
rently cured, they are immediately separated from the others, 
and their time of quarantine or probation commences. This 
usually lasts during three months; and if, at the expiration of 
that time, they have had no relapse, and are apparently well, 
they are returned to their respective regiments. 
All the horses that were the subjects of the following experi¬ 
ments had been attacked by farcy in a mild form: they had 
been perfectly cured, and were undergoing their periods of pro¬ 
bation, and were in good condition, strong, and far from being 
old. They had never had any direct communication with 
glandered horses. 
Experiment I.—A horse, No. 490, had been cured of farcy 
from the 1st of October, 1834. On the 15th of November he 
was inoculated on the membrane of both nostrils, and four 
punctures were made in each. The matter was taken from a 
horse glandered in the third stage of the disease, and that 
had been condemned for slaughter. In addition to the punc- 
^tures, we rubbed the matter over nearly the whole surface of the 
pituitary membrane. 
November ISth .—A small gland appeared under the jaw. It 
was moveable, and very little tender. The wounds in the nose 
were dark, and of a bad character. 
20th ,—The gland is now tender, but it continues moveable. 
The wounds on the pituitary membrane have an ulcerated as¬ 
pect. 
24:th ,—The gland is adherent, but the wounds have taken on 
a better character, and are beginning to heal. 
29th .—The gland is diminished in size, and has lost both its 
