1 to FARCY, ITS THREE STAGES : TREATMENT. 



found impossible to heal with ointments. As the disease advances, a gland- 

 erous running at the nose takes place, with swelling about the nose, lips, and 

 all over the body nearly. 



According to the constitution of the horse at the time of receiving the infec- 

 tion, so will the progress of the disease be rapid and disastrous, or unaccount- 

 ably slow and uncertain as to the result. In this latter case it retains its ap- 

 petite, and bears up its strength for a considerable time. 



Cure. — Three stages of the disorder present as many methods of cure: first, 

 when the effects are slight or partial ; second, when it resolves itself into large 

 tumours, and a more copious discharge from a smaller number of ulcers carries 

 off the disease : third, when it is confirmed, general, and diffused over the 

 whole system. 



In the first instance, when the glands only are affected, it may be treated as 

 a local disorder, which has not yet found its way into the animal's system ; 

 and if appearing on one limb only, the natural inference is, that the system is 

 indisposed to carry on the threatened evil. This happens mostly to animals 

 in good condition, that are strong and vigorous, and of good habit of body ; 

 with such the farcy is not brought on spontaneously, or by being engendered 

 in the animal, but has been acquired by infection. The limb affected is gene- 

 rally so to a good extent, and the corded veins scarcely visible ; this happens 

 mostly to a fore-leg (not always), and has been considered of a dropsical na- 

 ture, in a slight degree, or rather, lymphatic, the glands still continuing thcii 

 functions. In this case give a purgative ball, and repeat it in three days 

 after ; but should the animal be a very fleshy one, and full of condition, with 

 full pulse, this may be preceded by bleeding to the amount of three quarts, 

 or four. 



Purgative Ball. 



Aloes, 8 drachms, 

 Castile soap, 1 drachm. 



Liquorice powder sufficient to form the ball for one 

 dose. 



Prepare the animal with bran-mashes; let his drink be chilled, and he may be 

 moved about, under shelter, with body clothing on that covers the affected 

 limb. The limb should be fomented with warm water, or the chamomile de- 

 coction, taking care to rub the part dry, and wrap it up warm. This course 

 us\>ally prevails against an ordinary attack of farcy, and the cure is aided 

 when it affects the fore-leg only, by a rowel inserted under the chest. But 

 the absorption or taking up of the disorder into the system, and carrying it 

 off by stool, is by far the neatest manner of managing the cure ; for this pur- 

 pose give the following ball, after the animal has been reduced by the fore- 

 going treatment. 



Alterative Ball. 



Camphor, 

 Emetic tartar, 



Ginger, J 



"With mucilage sufficient to form the ball for one dose. Give one of these for 

 tliree successive nights ; then stop one night between each dose, until the du* 

 ease is removed. 



