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Mis. Take a large goose-quill, bore tlie barrel, run a string or whang through, 

 dip it in the above, and put it up the nostrils ; tie the cord to the halter at the 

 side or front; leave it there till evening; if in the evening, till nest day, and 

 so continue dipping it twice per day in the above. Hub the glands twice per 

 day with tincture of iodine. 



If these should succeed in stopping the disease, which is 

 easily known by the glands dispersing or lessening, the dis- 

 charge entirely ceasing, give the following. Bo certain that the 

 disease is conquered, then 



Take — Ginger 4 ounces. 



Black antimony 2 ounces. 



Sulphur 2 ounces. 



Niter 2 ounces. 



Eesin 2 ounces. 



Mis, and give one tea-spoonful twice per day in feed. This is to improve 

 his strength and condition. 



FARCY. 



As before remarked, farcy is intimately related to glanders; 

 is sometimes called a twin sister; is, perhaps, identically the 

 same disease in a different form, depending upon the same 

 cause. It develops itself in the form of an affection of the 

 lymphatic vessels, which are described in the chapter on the 

 lymphatics, in another part of this book. As I said of gland- 

 ers, so do I say of farcy, "that it is a constitutional disease, 

 poisoning the whole system." 



Spnjytoms. — Farcy is sometimes sIoav in its approach, but, 

 in some cases, comes on quite suddenly. Most generally the 

 horse exhibits certain symptoms indicative of approaching dis- 

 ease. He will be found, for greater or less time, off' his feed, 

 or not eating with his usual appetite, dull and indisposed t© 

 action, the hair becoming dry and staring, and dark in appear- 

 ance ; he falls off in flesh and loses condition, and sometimes 

 symptoms of fever will be observed at this stage. If the horse 

 is on grass, he will be observed to stand by the fence or under 



