In New York city thero has been ntt
outbreak. In ono week
horse3 were walked out of on- street car
company's st.ihhu and kille 1 by officers
of lh lMi.ird of he 1UI1. Tho company
were it is said, before tho health
officers discovered tho state of affairs in
their stables, and tho contagion by thnt
timo may havo spread a thonsnntl miles.
In the report of the United States bureau
of animal industry duo space is
given to this subject. In spito of what
local horso doctors say, thero is no permanent
cure for glanders. Tho government's
report details tho symptoms of
both acute and chronic glanders. The
ncuto form is similar to the chronic, except
that tho symptoms aro moro violent.
Tho leading features of tho disease,
according to tho report, aro as follows:
In chronic glnniler have flret tho tubercle,
which Is a antall norfu from tliotdzoof a
fchot to that of 11 tmuill pea. which forms in tho
inueoun ineinbrmict of the respiratory tract.
This may bo Just inside of tho mIu::h of tho
nostrils or on the bopUiin which dhltlcs tho
ononiiMil cavity from tho ether and be easily
detected, or thoy nicy bo lilchor In tho nasal
cavities on the t i '.ilna'cl boues. or they may
form in thu l:.rnx itnclf cr on tho surface of
tho trachea or ileop in tho lungs.
