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go down sooner. The idea was gaining ground that if bled before 
calving it was beneficial. _ He had used the galvanic battery with good 
effects in some cases, while in others, such as the specimen before them, 
it was of no use, nor did he think that anything could be ; in fact, it 
was an incurable condition. One might as well ask a medical man to 
cure bis apoplectic fellow-creature, as to remove the clot from such a 
subject. 
He then asked the attention of the Fellows to Mr. Broad’s paper on 
“ Glanders and Farcy,” read at the previous meeting, and said he 
regretted more members were not present to favour them with their 
opinions upon so important a subject, and trusted a good discussion 
might ensue. 
The Secretary observed he had but little to say in relation to glanders; 
the disease did not occur in his practice once in six months. He 
believed that if a compulsory examination could be made, any one night 
of all the cab horses in London, and the result recorded, there would 
soon be great diminution of the disease; very many cab horses were 
knowingly or suspiciously affected, and frequently when such was the 
case they were laid by for a time awaiting the temporary appearance of 
the symptoms, and then disposed of. There was an American or 
German affection strongly resembling glanders, which had proved 
rather troublesome to some practitioners; he had had some such, and it 
was with difficulty he persuaded the owners the animals were not attacked 
with the contagious affection. 
Mr. 8heather felt convinced very little would be done in a curative 
way as regarded glanders and farcy, and veterinary surgeons should 
rather turn their attention to the prevention of such disease, for which 
purpose he had brought an apparatus with him that evening for their 
examination, which was of great utility for disinfecting stables. Many 
stables were badly ventilated, and it was difficult to keep a current of 
pure air through them. The apparatus consisted of a steam boiler, with 
a separate lamp underneath ; the pressure could be regulated to thirty, 
forty, or fifty pounds to the square inch; when turned on full a spray 
could be thrown out a distance of eight or nine feet (illustrating it), and 
when suspended from a ceiling of a stable by a meat-jack and rotating 
the spray went through the air all round. Anything might be used by it, 
but for disinfecting purpose carbolic acid was necessary, and by being 
emitted from the apparatus exhibited the air was thoroughly purified. 
It was also very useful in cases of ophthalmia ; a horse would stand quiet 
and permit a person to spray his eye, and one could follow the motions 
of the animal’s head; thus, any lotion could be used, whereas in the 
ordinary way most of it was wasted. Pie had never known a horse 
refuse its application. The apparatus was rather expensive—costing 
£5 5s., but was unlikely to wear out, and he believed it would amply 
repay its cost. 
Mr. Hancock said he heard an argument raised with reference to the 
temperature of the discharge from the nostrils in glanders ; some asserted 
it was cold, others that it was warm. He would like the opinion of 
gentlemen present on this point, because if it was a positive fact that the 
discharge was always a certain temperature, it would be of great assist¬ 
ance in dealing with the disease, concerning which one fact Avas of far 
greater assistance than any amount of theory. 
Mr. Hunting observed he hoped the discussion they would have might 
elucidate some further points, and, if possible, give them a standard 
work upon glanders and farcy. A great practical difficulty was to 
decide what was glanders and what was not. Frequently there were 
