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buds between which the lymphatics stretch, have a tendency 

 to coalesce and form larger ulcerous sores opening into the 

 lymph canal, now charged with a tenacious, blood-stained, 

 purulent fluid. 



The adjacent lymph-glands are also largely involved in the 

 diseased action : they become swollen from hyperplastic infil- 

 tration, are nodulated and painful on manipulation. It is 

 generally stated, that although thus enlarged, tense, and 

 painful, the formation of abscesses in these is like suppuration 

 in the tumefied glands of glanders — a very rare occurrence. 



During the continuance of these phenomena, the formation 

 and development of the buds, or nodules, their softening, and 

 the progressive ulcerative changes and continued suppuration, 

 the fever never entirely disappears. It can scarcely, however, 

 be regarded as continued, or as a good specimen of continued 

 fever ; it is more truly remittent or hectic, and its exacerbations 

 are very often clearly marked by rigors and patchy perspira- 

 tion ; while in all cases, even when the horse is allowed to live 

 and feeding tolerably well, the emaciation and prostration are 

 rapidly progressive. 



Not unfrequently the terminating scene in a case of acute 

 farcy is the development of glanders in an acute form, with all 

 the characteristic lesions in the nasal chambers, glands, and 

 air-passages. 



4. Chronic Farcy. — This, while an exceedmgiy common form 

 of the manifestation of equina, is probably also the only one, 

 or at least that which more frequently than any other seems 

 susceptible of bemg successfully combated by medical treat- 

 ment. Less distinctly indicated by general or systemic dis- 

 turbance, our chief means of recognition — its diagnostic 

 features-^are eminently local. When accompanied with fever 

 this is even more distinctly remittent than in the acute form. 

 Ordinarily the general functional derangement is neither dis- 

 tinctive nor yet attractive ; occasionally cases will come under 

 observation where a prolonged or lingering malaise, or want 

 of vigour, out of all proportion to other existing and extrinsic 

 conditions, distinctly precedes or ushers in an attack of chronic 

 farcy. 



The special local inanifestations of this condition are the 

 occurrence of circumscribed inflammatory swellings, tumours, 



