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REVIEW OF VINES'S TREATISE 
cannot for a moment be doubted ; nor do we deny that it is very- 
proper theory in numerous instances of the diseases in question— 
glanders and farcy : but, to say that these diseases are essenti¬ 
ally or necessarily connected with an unhealthy condition of 
system , is, in our humble opinion, to assert that which facts in 
general do not go to support. We are perfectly aware that 
where catarrh, inflammation of the lungs, grease, injuries, &c. 
take (as it is called) an untoward tarn, that glanders or farcy, or 
both, are very likely to supervene; and we are ready to admit 
that the explanation Mr. Vines has given, maybe resorted to as 
the solution of this unfavourable change. But Mr. Vines must 
remember that there is another way of accounting for these 
changes; which is this—that there existed, prior to the “un¬ 
healthy inflammation " — the catarrh, or whatever it might be— 
the rudiments or seeds of glanders or farcy in the system, which 
only awaited some diseased or altered action to bring them into 
operation. If glanders and farcy depend for their origin and 
existence upon an unhealthy state of the system , how, we repeat, 
are we to explain those cases in which the system, to every ap¬ 
pearance, preserves its full vigour—cases which have their origin 
in the most salubrious situations, and some of which continue for 
years to preserve their locality, without, in the remotest manner 
discoverable, interfering with the healthy condition of the system ; 
w r hile others, all at once, change their nature, proceed rapidly'to 
the destruction of the parts the disease inhabits, and that disease, 
with no less fatal certainty than rapidity, persecutes its victim to 
the last groan of his afflicted life ? 
To an account of the local “appearances and symptoms” of 
glanders, Mr. Vines subjoins the following: — 
“ The animal is generally more or less off his stomach, ap¬ 
pearing languid and weak, and altogether out of condition, with 
a rough and unkindly coat; and as the symptoms of the disease 
increase or proceed, the appetite becomes still more diminished, 
and the system weaker: profuse sweating comes on from slight 
exertion : the membrane and discharge from the nostrils become 
more unhealthy, the ulceration extends, and such cases as have 
hitherto been without ulcers, at this period or stage of the dis¬ 
ease most generally exhibit them. But it is necessary to bear 
in mind that there are some cases where ulcers exist in the mem¬ 
brane, as well as some where they do not, when the appetite is 
tolerably good, and the animal capable of undergoing moderate 
exertion by performing a certain quantity of labour; and this state 
may continue for some time w here care is taken ; but these cases, 
when neglected, ultimately exhibit similar symptoms to those 
already stated.” 
