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France a few years, since, and carried away a great many horses. 
It is well described by Hurtrel d’Arboval, m his Dictionaire 
Veter hi air e, who stiles it gastro-entente, and whose observations 
are well worthy of attention. To him I must acknowledge my¬ 
self much indebted for my views and treatment of the malady. 
The vision, I should observe, was completely restored, without 
the slightest alteration in structure. I commenced my paper by 
saying, that the malady was not described by any of our English 
writers, and I think the symptoms I have detailed will bear out 
my remark; for although White and others have described a 
disease under the term “ molten grease/ 1 yet we do not find 
mentioned the affection of the eyes, the remarkable quick and 
intermitting pulse, or the excessively hot mouth (so hot, that I 
have never felt so great a degree of heat in any other inflammatory 
case). It was rather a singular feature in this epizootic, that it 
was confined to three particular stables, although there were 
nine others in the same yard ; and there were two horses (per¬ 
fectly well) removed from another stable into one of these, and 
both had the complaint shortly afterwards. The question would 
naturally arise, is the complaint infectious ? For my own part, I 
am inclined to think that it is not (notwithstanding the circum¬ 
stance above mentioned); but I should be glad to hear the opinions 
of others. 
MR. YOUATT’S VETERINARY LECTURES, 
DELIVERED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 
LECTURE IX. 
The Causes of Glanders continued—Want of Exercise — Priva¬ 
tions—Fracture of the Nasal Bones—Previous Diseases of 
almost every character — Hereditary Predisposition — Atmo¬ 
spheric Influence — Moisture — Contagion . 
Want of regular Exercise. —This is a frequent, although un¬ 
suspected, predisposing cause of glanders, as it is of almost 
every disease to which the horse is subject. Mr. Turner has 
well explained this in his valuable account of the navicular dis¬ 
ease. He does not attribute the inflammation of the synovial 
membrane, and consequent injury and disorganization of the 
joint, to honest wear and tear upon the road. It has its real 
origin in rest. The predisposition for it is engendered in the 
stable, although it becomes permanently established by violence 
out of the stable. So, when a horse is irregularly worked, and, 
