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thod of combininj^ the nourishing stimulus of corn, alonj^ ^\iih the 

 advantages of pure Air and GrasSj will, frequently, enable many 

 Horses to bear the operation of the balls first prescribed, and 

 thereby, to struggle through tlic most severe attack of this formida- 

 ble disease. 



Great circumspection, however, becomes necessary, in watching 

 the effects, which the alterative balls may have upon the appetite ; 

 for, if thi« be only in a slight degree impaired, it will be, perhaps, 

 the prudentest plan, not to suspend them, even for a limited time, 

 but to combine the use of them, with that of the Stomachic Balls, 

 giving one of the former at night, and one of the latter, early in 

 the morning. 



Many writers have recommended the use of Corrosive Sub- 

 limate, in this disease ; but, on giving this medicine a fair trial, I 

 have found very few Horses, whose constitutions would permit the 

 continuance of it, for any length of time, with advantage. 



It, certainly, has prodigious powers in overtaking the diseases, but^ 

 it is very apt to destroy the tone of the stomach quickly, and like 

 the once celebrated remedy for the g^out (the Portland powder) if it 

 cure the diseases, it kills the patient — Some of tlie French Veterina- 

 rians have exhibited a solution of Barytes in muriatic acid, in this 

 disease, the medicine so strongly recommended by the late Dr. 

 Crawfurd, in Scrophula. From the report of some of them, how* 

 ever, it would seem that many of the Horses, to which it had been 

 given, died suddenly, after the Farcy appeared ta be cured. A most 

 admirable auxiliary, however, in the cure of Farcy, is sea-water. 

 As an external application, it is infinitely superior to every other^ 

 for any open sores or ulcers. 



