170 The Management and Treatment of the Horse, 



directions. In the early stages of farcy, the horse 

 should be subjected to gentle doses of medicine. The 

 following is often given for this disease : — Barbadoes 

 aloes eight drachms, Castile soap two drachms, 

 liquorice powder half an ounce, made into a ball. 

 Others recommend the following in its stages: — 

 Corrosive sublimate half a drachm, powdered aniseed 

 one ounce, mixed with syrup into three balls ; these to 

 be continued for ten days in succession. These balls 

 containing a preparation of mercury (corrosive subli- 

 mate), it is necessary to keep the animal warm while 

 this medicine is being given. With some constitutions 

 it does not agree, and in such cases I have found half a 

 drachm of opium given in a ball have good effect, but 

 should it not prove effectual, the same quantity may 

 be given twelve hours afterwards, that is if purging 

 and staleing is produced in too strong a degree. The 

 above quantity is a dose for a horse of a delicate con- 

 stitution, and should always be given first. If the horse 

 is of a more robust habit, the dose may be increased 

 after a few clays to double the quantity. 



The above applies to the stage of this disease when 

 the farcy buds are unbroken ; if any of them have begun 

 to ulcerate the welding iron should be brought to a dull 

 red heat and gently applied to them, but if upon feeling 

 you find they are filled with matter even although they 

 have not broken, they should have an application of the 

 iron. This should be carefully examined for some days 

 afterwards, and if they exhibit an unhealthy spongy 

 appearance, and a thin gluey matter issues from them, 

 they should be frequently washed with corrosive subli- 



