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Farcy. 



This is a highly contagious specific fever, and is readily 

 transmissible to man, sheep, goats, felines, and rodents. 

 The mucous membrane of the nose, frontal sinuses, larynx, 

 and trachea is specifically attacked, and the lymphatic 

 glands and vessels may be inflamed, and also the skin, and 

 small round buds called farcy-buds may form and develop 

 into pustules. Animals affected with any of the various 

 forms of equinia are destroyed. The stables should be 

 thoroughly disinfected with sulphurous oxide gas, or with 

 chlorine evolved by the action of sulphuric acid on bleach- 

 ing powder, or on salt mixed with a little dioxide of man- 

 ganese. The walls of the stables should be thoroughly 

 washed, scraped, and cleansed with lime-wash containing 

 one pint of carbolic acid in each bucketful. The harness 

 and other articles which have been in contact with diseased 

 animals should also be thoroughly cleansed with carbolized 

 water. The best remedies are iodine and sulphite of 

 sodium. 



Draught. 



Iodide of potassium, two drachms. 

 Tincture of gentian, one fluid ounce. 

 Water, sufficient to make eight fluid ounces in all. 

 This draught may be given twice daily. 



Ball (for Pyaemic Influenza). 



Sulphate of copper, six drachms. 

 Iodine, four drachms. 

 Ginger, two ounces and a half. 

 Gentian, two ounces and a half. 

 Treacle, a sufficiency. 

 Divide into twelve balls, and let one be given by the aid 



