FARCY 593 



Whe7i the diagnosis of the disease is confirmed, as it is undoubtedly highly 

 contagious, both to other horses and to man himself, the patient must be 

 destroyed. 



Doubtful cases are now decided by veterinary sui-geons by the injection 

 of a cultivation known as Mallein. It is on the principle of tuberculin, at 

 which " all the world wondered " when the German Emperor forced the 

 hand of Dr. Koch and the press lost its head. Unlike tuberculin, however, 

 it is a reliable test and a means of preventing untold animal suffering and 

 pecuniary loss to owners of horses. 



FARCY 



Is A SIMILAR DISEASE to glanders, ultimately developing into it, and so long 

 as farcied horses are kept alive glanders will be always with us. If the 

 reader desires to possess himself of all the infoi'mation obtainable and in a 

 condensed form, he should read Mr. Hunting's treatise on glanders and farcy, 

 when he can hardly fail to be a convert to that eminent veterinary surgeon's 

 views with regard to stamping it out. Farcy used to be considered amenable 

 to treatment, and was certainly kept in check for a very long time by the 

 use of drugs we need not name, and by the application of the hot iron to 

 the so-called " buds " which form in the course of the lymphatics, especially 

 of the hind limbs and on their inner aspect. 



The Symptoms differ from glanders in not at first affecting the respiratory 

 tract or that part of it which is visible, swelling of a hind-leg being a common 

 wai'ning of what may be expected, as also loss of condition and continued 

 febrile symptoms. The owner of an animal ha\dng any doubt in his mind 

 should call in an expert without delay and not tinker with a malady so 

 dangerous. The only disease it is likely to be mistaken for is inflammatory 

 oedema, which the old farriers called " water farcy." 



The probable effect of the Glanders and Farcy Order of 189-i may be 

 gathered from a perusal of the annexed report presented to the Public Control 

 Committee of the London County Council. It is taken from The Field of 

 July 18, 1896. It (the order) requires the local authorities to slaughter 

 every glandered horse and to pay the owner compensation of not less than £2 

 or not more than a quarter the value of the animal before it became affected. 

 It also gives power to slaughter suspected animals, with the consent of the 

 owner, subject to the payment of full value as compensation if on post-mortem 

 examination the animal is found not to be glandered. The following reso- 

 lutions were passed by the Council for giving effect to the order : That every 

 horse, ass, or mule certified by a veterinary inspector to be diseased under 

 the Glanders or Farcy Order of 1894 be slaughtered as provided for in such 

 order, and every such veterinary inspector is hereby authorized and required 

 to cause the slaughter of every such diseased animal. That the sum of £2 

 be paid as compensation to the owner of every diseased horse, and the sum 

 of 1 Os. to the owner of every diseased ass or mule which has been slaughtered 

 in pursuance of Article 13 of the Glanders or Farcy Order of 1894, except 

 in cases where there is reason to believe the owner knew of the existence of 

 the disease and failed to give notice thereof. That a post-mortem examina- 

 tion be made by one of the Council's veterinary inspectors of the carcass of 



