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than "Argus,” and hence our answer to his inquiry must be 
received in a somewhat qualified manner. 
The symptoms in the case in question, viewed as a whole, 
would justify us in stating that the animal is the subject of 
glanders. It is by no means uncommon for glandered horses 
to keep up their condition, and to perform a certain amount of 
work, even for a much longer space of time than this animal 
has done. Such a fact in no way militates against the animal 
being the subject of glanders, nor does the circumstance of 
the other horse being apparently uninjured by cohabitation 
for so long a time disprove it. 
The test suggested by " Argus ” should be tried. Such a 
case imperatively demands a special investigation.] 
THE OPERATION OF "FIRING” FOR ROARING. 
By “ Action.” 
In some of your late publications mention is made of the 
operation of firing in the treatment of roaring. If you 
consider the enclosed professional " mite” of sufficient worth 
for acceptance, it is at your service. 
In 1856 I recollect purchasing a number of young horses, 
and, as a matter of course, all the concomitants of first 
stabling soon became rampant—catarrh, strangles, and such 
like juvenile maladies appearing. The usual routine of treat¬ 
ment having been gone through, health again apparently 
predominated, their condition improved, and they were con¬ 
sidered equal to the fatigues of breaking. Not many days after 
their leaving my hands I was informed, much to my discom¬ 
fiture, that two of the number were bad roarers, and most 
certainly they w T ere so. Not seeing clearly how to dispose 
of them for some few weeks, they were thrown by as worth¬ 
less for the purpose for which they were purchased. About 
two months afterwards, when examining them, much to my 
surprise I found one quite sound, and the other nearly so, a 
slight whistle only indicating the disease, and that ultimately 
disappeared. 
1 think the advertising gentleman in Bell must have 
stumbled on a case somewhat similar to the foregoing. 
I think it was in 1857 I first saw or heard of the application 
of the hot iron to the throat, Mr. Farrell, of Dublin, bringing 
it to my notice in his treatment of sore throat, and I believe he 
