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considered as a local disease, and its cure may 

 easily be effected. The most difficult symptoms 

 attending this disease, are, when the lymphatics 

 of the head, neck, inside of the fore or hind leg, 

 are ulcerated and set with buds, so that the glands, 

 or kernels, to which these lymphatics go, swell 

 and are inflamed, as the glands or kernels of the 

 jaws, those situated on the front and outer side of 

 the chest, or those of the groin. In these cases, 

 we may take it for granted, that the poison has 

 entered the circulating mass of blood, which will 

 soon evince itself, by its morbid action on the 

 mucous membrane of the nose, and likewise farcy 

 buds appearing on other parts of the skin, which 

 were not before affected. This is a constitutional 

 affection, and without due attention to a regular 

 course of medicine, proper feeding, and exercise, 

 the disorder will increase, and end in an incurable 

 glanders. 



When the disease is detected at its commence- 

 ment, and appears a local affection, as described 

 above, the actual cautery should be applied to the 

 farcy buds, so as to open them, and destroy the 

 diseased parts ; and this may be done, should they 

 be ulcerated or not ; then dress them with the 

 nitrated ointment every day (No. 33, p. 56), and 

 give the following drink after the operation. 



