812 THE AMERICAN FARMER. 



In cases marked by a daily remission, a dose of thirty grains of sulphate* of quinia may 

 prove effectual in preventing the paroxysm, if given an hour or two before the period when 

 it was in the habit of appearing. During convalescence, gentian, cinchona, and other tonics 

 are desirable, with alcoholic, ammonia cal, or other stimulants, if there is much debility or 

 prostration. The diet should be tempting and nutritious, supplied often, fresh and frequently 

 varied, care being taken at all times to counteract any sudden suppression of the bowels and 

 kidneys, or even the nasal passages. 



Farcy. Farcy and glanders are regarded as but different types or stages of the same 

 disease; there is, however, a great difference in their symptoms and progress. They both 

 are caused by blood poisoning, and are generally due to bad stable management, the neglect 

 of proper sanitary conditions, etc. They are liable to be found in poorly-ventilated stables, 

 where many horses are crowded together. Absorption of the virus from glandered or 

 farcied horses is also another cause of farcy, as it is very contagious. This disease is generally 

 characterized by a rough, unhealthy -looking coat, the swelling of one limb, sometimes the 

 swelling of the head, especially the muzzle, loss of flesh and strength accompanied with erup 

 tions on different parts of the body, etc., which break and discharge; in fact, it would be 

 almost impossible to describe, in a limited space, the many forms that this disease assumes in 

 different stages, and in different cases. 



Farcy differs from glanders in being much more slow in its progress than the latter, and 

 in involving the lymphatic system, while glanders attacks the nasal mucus membrane. Both 

 are regarded incurable, although in a mild form of farcy, nutritious and generous diet, 

 green food, and remedies that may be employed, will prove beneficial to a certain extent. 

 Carrots are excellent to form a part of the diet in such cases. 



Farcy is very contagious to man as well as horses, and those having charge of animals 

 thus affected cannot be too cautious with regard to becoming infected with it. For this 

 reason, many of the best veterinarians recommend, when it is ascertained for a certainty that 

 a horse has this disease, that he be killed at once, and the body deeply buried, that no ani 

 mal may be contaminated by it. From five to ten grains of hydriodate of potash given daily 

 in connection with three drachms of sulphate of iron and two drachms of gentian, have been 

 found beneficial, at the same time using an external application to the swollen parts, of equal 

 portions of mercurial ointment and lard, well rubbed in. 



Another method of treatment is as follows: A tablespoonful of sulphite of soda once a 

 day for a week, to be followed by a tonic to improve the general condition of the animal, con 

 sisting of pulv. copperas lb., pulv. gentian ^ lb., pulv. fenugreek ^ lb., pulv. elecampane 

 ^ lb. Mix thoroughly and give a tablespoonful once a day. Everything used about the 

 diseased animal, whether in clothing, grooming, or feeding, should be kept from all healthy 

 animals, while it is of course equally essential that the animal himself should be kept apart 

 from others. This disease is very deceptive, and it frequently happens that when the 

 symptoms are most favorable, the ulcers healed, and the swelling disappeared, that it will 

 break out again and prove fatal in a short time. (SEE GLANDERS.) 



Fistula. In horses, a fistula is most liable to occur upon the withers or top of the 

 head; in the latter case it is called by farriers poll-evil. It is a deep, chronic abscess which 

 discharges pus through fistulous pipes to the surface. They are generally caused by blows, 

 galls, or strains, and are usually formed from wounds of long standing, neglected sores, etc., 

 and are most frequently found in old, overworked, and poorly -kept horses. 



In old cases, where the bone is involved, cure will be impossible, and the animal had 

 better be humanely killed, and put out of misery. If the bone has not been reached by 

 the abscess, the pipe leading from it should be cut open carefully with a sharp knife, the 

 direction of the pipe being determined by a probe, and the wound washed thoroughly with 



