552, THE HORSE. 
distinguished from ozena by the purple colour of the lining membrane, 
and by the transparency and freedom from smell of the discharge. 
IN THE SECOND STAGE, the discharge increases in quantity, and though 
still watery and transparent, it is slightly sticky, indicating the presence 
of mucus. The lymphatic glands below the jaw enlarge, and become 
vdherent to the bone, feeling hard to the touch, and almost like exostosis. 
Here the permanent character of the discharge and the adherence of the 
glands to the bone are the diagnostic signs from ozena. 
IN THE THIRD STAGE, the discharge increases rapidly, and becomes yellow 
and opaque—in fact, it is pure pus. If the nose is carefully examined, 
its liming membrane will be seen to present one or more sores, with 
depressed centres and ragged edges, and surrounded by small varicose 
vessels leading to them from all directions. In proportion to the extent 
of the local mischief, constitutional disturbance is displayed. The appetite 
fails—the horse loses flesh and spirits—the coat is turned the wrong way 
—the skin is hide-bound, and the legs fill slightly during the day, but go 
down at night—the nose is, at last, frightfully ulcerated, the sores spread- 
ing to the larynx—ulcers break out on the body—and the horse finally 
dies, worn to a skeleton. 
When the diagnosis of the disease is confirmed, as it is undoubtedly 
highly contagious, both to other horses and to man himself, the patient 
ought to be destroyed. By the use of green food, his life may be pro- 
longed for a time, and a certain amount of work may be got out of him ; 
but the risk of contagion is too great to be incurred, and no man who 
regards his own welfare, and that of his neighbours, should keep a 
glandered horse. 
FARCY. 
THIS DISEASE appears to depend upon the development of the same 
poison as in glanders; but the attempt at elimination is made in the skin, 
instead of the mucous membrane lining the nose. A horse inoculated 
with glanders may exhibit farcy, and vice versa; so that the essence of 
the disease is the same, but its seat is a different tissue. 
Farcy usually shows itself first by one or twc small hard knots in the 
skin, called “farcy buds.” These soon soften, and contain a small quan- 
tity of pus ; but as this is rapidly absorbed, the lymphatics which convey 
it into the circulation inflame; and at a short distance another bud is 
formed, and then another, and another. These buds are usually met with 
in the thin skin covering the inside of the thighs and arms, or the neck 
and lips. They vary from the size of a shilling to that of a half-crown ; 
and as they increase in numbers, the skin becomes cedematous. In pro- 
cess of time, the general system suffers, as in glanders, and the horse dies, 
a miserable, worn-out object. No treatment can be relied on to cure the 
disease ; and as it is equally contagious with glanders, every farcied horse 
ought at once to be destroyed. The hard nature of the buds, and the 
thickened lymphatics extending like cords between, clearly make known 
the nature of the disease. 
