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of a decoction of marsh-mallows, and smart doses of medicine, 

 will speedily reduce the swelling, and especially if the 

 swollen part is well rubbed, and the horse subjected to 

 gentle exercise. 



Cause. — Bad stable management, want of exercise, and 

 infection, are the causes of tliis complaint. There have 

 been many occurrences of the disease which could not be 

 accounted for upon any other principle than that it was 

 contagious. In certain localities it has been known to be 

 ])revalent where horses could not have come into close con- 

 tact with one another. 



Treatment. — In the early stages of farcy, the horse should 

 be subjected to gen'^.le doses of medicine. The following 

 may be given as a dose : — 



Barbadoes aloes . 8 drachms, 



Castile soap . . 2 drachms ; 



formed into a bal], with liquorice powder, half-an-ounce. 

 Others recommend the following ball in this early stage : — ■ 



Corrosive sublimate . ^ drachm, 



Powdered aniseeds . 1 ounce ; 



mixed with sufficient syrup, and made into three balls. 

 These to be continued for eight or ten days successively. 

 But with some constitutions the above does not agree ; in 

 that case, half-a-drachm of opium may be made into a ball 

 with meal and mucilage, and given as a dose, -but should it 

 not prove effectual, the same quantity may be given in 

 twelve or fourteen hours after the first, that is, if purging 

 and staling is produced in too strong a degree. The above 

 are doses for a horse of delicate constitution, but for horses 

 of more robust habits, after a few daySythe mineral substance 

 may be increased to double the quantity qs well as the ani- 

 seed. 



