FARCY. 71 



farcy from other ailments, I skall quote from an eminent veter- 

 inary sm'gcon, who says : 



" No swelling of a hind limb, or any other part, constitutes a 

 case of farcy apart from the unequivocal signs of lymphatic 

 disease. There must be present corded, nodulated swellings — 

 buds, in some form or other — together with actual or approach- 

 ing tumefaction of the lymphatic glands, or the case is not 

 farcy." 



Treatment. — The same measures recommended for preventing 

 the liability to glanders should be observed to avoid farcy. Care 

 should always be taken not to let well horses come in contact 

 with an affected one ; and when there is danger of the disease 

 being contracted, as when it has occurred in a stable or on a 

 farm, or when on a journey, a piece of asafoetida may be 

 wrapped in a bit of cloth and nailed in the bottom of the trough 

 of each horse, or in the watering-bucket, or tied around the bri- 

 dle-bit. The trough or manger in which a glandered or farcied 

 horse has been fed should be thoroughly cleansed and w^ashed 

 with a solution of chloride of lime, prepared as follow^s : 



Take — Chloride of lime 1 pound. 



Water 1 bucketful. 



Dissolve the lime in the water, and wash every place where the matter or pus 

 may have lodged. This should always be done before putting another horse 

 in the same stall or stable ; but first scour. 



As it is impossible to tell certainly that a case is farcy until 

 the ''knotted cords'' before described, or the buttons, have 

 made their appearance, all that can properly be done at this 

 stage will be to put the horse out of work, and, if in summer, 

 on grass, and where he can have the benefit of pure air, and 

 not be exposed to foul weather. 



But when the buds have come out, the case is no longer in 

 doubt, and must be promptly and perseveringly treated. 

 Though I don't bleed, it is good practice for the farmers, it be- 

 ing the quickest. The first measure will be to bleed the patient 



