ON GLANDERS AND FARCY. 
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but even then the symptoms likewise depend upon the unhealthy 
state which the system is in previous to and at the time of then- 
appearing' or taking place; and consequently the system must 
ever be in an unhealthy state for the symptoms of <jlanders or 
farcy to shew themselves .” 
“ Under this view of the subject, then, it must appear that 
g landers and farcy are nothing* more nor less than terms indi¬ 
cating* unhealthy disease of certain parts of the body, particu¬ 
larly those of the mucous membrane which lines the nose, the 
substance of the lung's, the skin, and the cellular membrane 
underneath/’ 
When it is considered how many horses are pronounced to 
be glandered whose general health appears to be unaffected, 
and when we come to reflect how* common the remark is, that, 
were it not for the nasal disease, any one would be ready to 
declare the animal to be at the time in the enjoyment of the 
fullest health, we must confess we were not prepared to hear 
that g*Ianders and farcy essentially consisted in (or depended 
upon) an unhealthy state of the system . Only a few days ag*o 
an anecdote was related to us of a cavalry soldier, who, in the 
peninsular war, with his horse at the time in a state of declared 
glanders, opposed and beat off*, single-handed, a whole rank of 
advancing’ infantry; and the numberless instances that might be 
brought forw ard of glandered horses maintaining their condition, 
and for years performing all that the most healthy horses would 
be equal to, seem to operate, we must say, most strongly against 
these 64 ideas” of Mr. Vines’s. However, let us proceed 
further. 
44 In common inflammatory diseases the system is always in 
a more or less healthy state; but on the contrary, when those 
symptoms of disease which constitute glanders or farcy occur, 
the system is always in a more or less unhealthy slate ; and in 
proof of this I may advance, that diseases of a common inflam¬ 
matory nature, such as strangles, colds, inflammation of the 
racter according to the state of the system ; that is, if the ani¬ 
mal should happen to be in a healthy state w hen an inflam¬ 
matory disease takes place, a healthy inflammatory action will 
be the result; but if, on the contrary,the animal should be in an 
unhealthy state, then an unhealthy inflammatory disease will be 
the consequence.” 
Inis, barring some strange ambiguity and misappropriation of 
terms, is good sound pathology, the frequent applicability of which 
