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THE HEALTH OF THE HORSES OF THE AMERICAN ARMY. 
Paragraphs have recently appeared in various New York 
papers in relation to diseases said to be prevalent among the 
horses of the army. The Government has recently been 
investigating the matter. Mr. Wood, of Boston, accompanied 
by Mr. A. S. Copeman, of this city, has been through our 
entire lines on the Potomac, inspecting the horses of every 
cavalry regiment and company, and nearly every battery. 
Mr. Copeman arrived home from this service yesterday. He 
reports the stories of the prevalence of glanders among the 
horses to be entirely false. The inspectors did not find a 
single case of this incurable disease among the nearly 20,000 
horses now in actual service, and but very few cases among 
the 8,000 animals now at the receiving-depot in Washington. 
Mr. Copeman considers the health of this immense army 
of horses remarkably good, and that the horses themselves, 
taken together, are an excellent lot. Those in service look 
much better than those at the receiving-depot. In fact, 
nearly all the disease discoverable can be directly traced to 
circumstances incident to transportation. The good health 
of our army of horses is a matter only of less importance 
than the good health of our army of men, and we are glad 
to receive favorable assurances from so competent a veterinary 
authority as Mr. Copeman.— Utica Morning Herald. 
SINGULAR VIEW OF GLANDERS. 
M. Guillon maintains that glanders of the horse is the 
analogue of smallpox in man. If he is right, glanders may 
be prevented by the inoculation of the cow-pox lymph (?) 
IMPACTION OF AN IRON SKEWER IN THE ABDOMEN OF A 
DOG. 
A spaniel puppy belonging to Mr. E. Harden, of North 
Gate, Bridgewater, was recently placed under the care 
of Mr. E. J. Bovett, veterinary surgeon, as its owner 
fancied it had broken a rib. The animal, on being placed on 
the table in Mr. Bovett’s surgery, jumped to the ground, the 
