ction of highly potent anthrax serum on
one side of the animal and a vaccine on the other side. This method of
treatment requires only a single handling of the animals and further
possesses advantages over the Pasteur treatment in that it immediately
makes animals immune. In the numerous applications of this form of
treatment very good results have been obtained and the immunity produced
thereby visually lasts at least one year. The vaccinated animals should
be kept for a period of ten days to two weeks from exposure, since
during that period they are at times even more susceptible to the
disease, and therefore care should be taken not to reduce their
vitality.

_Prevention._--In attempts to control the disease it is essential, aside
from protective vaccination, to prevent the reinfection of localities.
For this purpose it is essential, if possible, to drain thoroughly and
keep under cultivation the infected areas before animals are permitted
to pasture on them. The complete destruction of all anthrax carcasses is
also very important. This is best accomplished by burning, but as this
method of disposal is impracticable in many localities, deep burial may
be found to be better. Covering the carcasses within their graves with
quicklime adds another valuable precaution against further dissemination
of the infection. No animal dying from anthrax should ever be skinned or
cut open, as the blood from these sources is one of the most dangerous
means of spreading the infection, being charged, while in the animal,
with great numbers of bacilli, which quickly turn into spores as soon as
spread about upon the face of the ground. All discharges from the body
openings should also be burned or buried deeply, as they are frequently
of a virulent character.

GLANDERS AND FARCY.

(Pls. XL-XLII.)

_Definition._--Let it be understood at the outset that glanders and
farcy are one and the same disease, differing only in that the first
term is applied to the disease when the local lesions predominate in the
internal organs, especially in the nostrils, lungs, and air tubes, and
that the second term is applied to it when the principal manifestation
is an outbreak of the lesions on the exterior or skin of the animal. The
term glanders applies to the disease in both forms, while the term farcy
is limited to the visible appearance of external trouble only; but in
the latter case internal lesions always exist, although they may not be
evide