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A CASE OF THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF 
GLANDERS BY FUMIGATION WITH CARBONIC 
ACID GAS. 
jB/y Ml', Storry, F.S'., Pickering. 
It seems to be the opinion of some of the most eminent men 
in the veterinary profession, that there has not yet been found a 
certain cure for the glanders; and more particularly, as it would 
seem from Mr. Youatt’s remarks in his lectures on that baneful 
disease, he considers all the means hitherto used as unavailing; 
and he undoubtedly has adduced strong and cogent reasons to shew 
the difficulty, if not the impossibility, of reaching the seat of the 
disorder by any means hitherto made use of. When, however, 
he asserts, that we can get at but a certain small portion of the 
membrane by any means that we can adopt,’^ I must beg leave 
to state, with all due deference to Mr. Youatt, that I consider 
the difficulty not so great as he apprehends; but then the thing 
must be effected by means different from any he has named, or 
that have ever yet been attempted, that I am aware of, except 
by myself. 
Without further preliminary remarks, I shall proceed to lay 
before you an account of the treatment of a case of the most 
confirmed glanders in a mare belonging to Mr. John Barry Smith, 
of Edston, near Kirby-moorside. On examining her, I found 
the pituitary membrane in a state of ulceration, and nearly de¬ 
stroyed : there was a discharge of muco-purulent matter of a 
most fetid and offensive kind, of a greenish yellow colour, and 
streaked with blood; the submaxillary glands were somewhat 
enlarged, and there were other symptoms which left no doubt 
on my mind that the disease was glanders. There was, besides, 
an oozing from one of the fore legs, which indicated farcy. 
Treatment ,—I bled, and gave a calomel and aloe purging ball. 
I inserted a rowel under the jaw, and dressed it with blister 
ointment for a few days. [ then began to fumigate the nasal 
cavity, by pouring a sufficient quantity of sulphuric acid upon 
prepared chalk mixed with water. I also gave, occasionally, 
black sulphuret of antimony, combined with vegetable tonics, 
white hellebore, &c. The fumigation, I scruple not to say, 
reached the seat of the disorder, and, together with the other 
treatment, effected a complete cure. It is nine years since this 
cure was performed ; and I saw the mare repeatedly for five years 
afterwards, and not the least symptom of the disorder appeared 
during that period. After this Mr. Smith removed into the 
neighbourhood of Thirsk, and I have not heard of the mare 
since. 
