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terrible and incurable disorder should be immediately de¬ 
stroyed and the stables and buildings thoroughly disinfected, 
and an infected area declared of at least a quarter of a mile 
around where the disease has manifested itself. Until such a 
law is passed the Board of Supervisors in each county of the 
State should pass ordinances to enforce these principles. < 
Dr. Maclay then described the methods in vogue in Glas- j 
gow, Scotland, for dealing with all cases of glanders and other 
contagious diseases. He commented on the terrible fact of 
the carcasses of glandered horses being thrown in quantities 
into the Sacramento River, endangering the lives not only of 
all animals drinking the water, but the health and lives of un- 
told numbers of our fellow creatures. Many people have 
died in recent years from the effects of glanderial contagion, 
and, as, owing to the present lax condition of the law dealing 
with such diseases, glanders is spreading and likely to increase, 
the speaker strenuously appealed to the members, the press 
and the public, to take immediate action to nip the threatened 
danger of an epidemic in the bud. 
Dr. Spencer, of San Jose, then spoke of the work done to 
eradicate this terrible disease in Santa Clara County. He 
was appointed to the office of County Veterinarian in 1888, 
and since then has had some sixty glandered horses destroyed, 
and believes that the disease is pretty well stamped out, yet 
it becomes necessary for him to be vigilant at all times, for 
glandered animals are sometimes turned out on pasture among 
young stock, and it becomes necessary to destroy them. He 
says that all farmers and horse-breeders are cognizant of the 
terrible results of having glanders on his place, consequently 
they are ever on the alert to apprise him if their suspicions 
are aroused. 
Several of the members said there were many glandered 
horses in San Francisco, and no steps are taken by the author¬ 
ities to stamp it out. The number of cattle killed every year 
suffering with anthrax, and the number of milch cows that 
have tuberculosis, would astonish the public if it were known. 
A county veterinarian should be specially employed to pro¬ 
tect the public. He should be compelled to make a report 
