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upon record three cases of acute glanders in the human subject, all run¬ 
ning the same course, and terminating fatally, and all traceable to the 
same cause, i. <?., contagion from a diseased horse. 
A vine-grower, in dienching a glandered horse, was bitten on the 
cheek ; fifteen days after he died glandered. 
• A clear case of inoculation is that of a man named Thomas Whit¬ 
taker. The poor fellow was bald-headed, and received a slight scratch 
ou his scalp, which cost him his life. He recollected wiping the per¬ 
spiration off his head with his dirty hands; and as the scratch in his 
scalp first showed the true character of a farcy ulcer, there can be little 
doubt as to the inoculation having taken place at the time of skinning a 
farcied horse. He survived the inoculation twenty-one days. An old, 
faithful and valued servant to the gentleman who owned the farcied 
animal, was also the subject of inoculation from the same horse. 
1 he infection is supposed to have been conveyed by the fetid 
breath of the animal while the poor man was in the act of giving some 
mucilage of linseed to the horse a few hours before his death. A few 
hours after the death of the horse the man complained of being unwell, 
ana of having pain in his knee. At first the pain was regarded as rheu¬ 
matism, but ultimately proved to be that of farcy, as that disease showed 
itbdl in its true character and virulence, which ended the suffering 
patient’s life on the twenty-second day after he had inhaled the fetid 
breath of the animal. 
A itbin the last tew years two veterinary surgeons—one residing in 
Walworth, and the other in Wolverhampton—are reported as having 
died fiom inoculation of glanders. This terrible disease is not often 
seen in Scotland, but very frequently in England, and still more so in 
Ireland. From the latter circumstance, the malady is often found to be 
imported about the west coast of Scotland. London has always been 
renowned lor the prevalence of glanders among its omnibus, cab and 
other horses. A very strict supervision is maintained, and all glandered 
horses are destroyed when discovered ; but, nevertheless, we can state 
on good authority that the omnibus horses of London ' have suffered 
very severely from this disease, and do so still. The partial measures 
adopted by companies are not sufficient to eradicate it, and the 
‘glandered night team” is not altogether a thing of the past. The 
dangei to human life is so great that we feel happy to seize an oppor¬ 
tunity to uige the adoption of the most effectual measures for the 
suppression of any practice which tends to prolong the life of the 
glandered horse. 
