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be dreaded, and, unfortunately, that which proves the most fre- 

 quent, is in glanders — in acute glanders — and, as a consequence, 

 shortly afterwards in death. On the other hand, farcy has on many 

 occasions been known to gradually disappear, expend itself, as it 

 were, in the part in which it broke out, and the patient to recover. 

 The disease confines itself to the part first attacked — to one hind 

 limb ; at all events, it does not spread either to the head or to the 

 lungs, but manifests itself in a local form only, and in that form 

 admits of removal or cure, or else, in the part attacked, degene- 

 rates into that callous, chronic stage that may last for nobody 

 knows how long, and in which the horse can do certain work pretty 

 nearly, or quite as well, as if his limb had no such thickening or 

 enlargement about it as an attack of farcy is but too apt to leave. 



The amount of work horses with limbs of this description, or 

 with limbs actually breaking out with farcy at the time, will often 

 do, and the length of time — even years — they sometimes are en- 

 abled to continue their work, without any spread or augmentation 

 of their disease, is on occasions truly surprising. 



As I said before, however, this is not a state of security. 

 Glanders may at any time supervene on any fresh attack ; or, 

 should pneumonia at any time, or even a severe catarrh or influ- 

 enza come upon the subject, the probable termination will still be 

 glanders. 



The Prognosis, in farcy, can under no circumstances be pro- 

 nounced " favourable." So long as the disease confines itself to 

 one locality, and continues by degrees to give way to treatment, 

 some hopes may be entertained of a termination in the indolent or 

 chronic stage, or even of the disappearance of disease altogether : 

 still, it must on no occasion be forgotten how in a day farcy may 

 return in all its worst virulence, and be productive of glanders. 

 As was observed on a former occasion, the farther the locality of 

 farcy is distant from the head the less the probability, generally 

 speaking, is there of its producing glanders : this rule, however, 

 does not hold in all cases, many horses, shewing farcy in one hind 

 limb breaking out in glanders, without any intermediate part, be- 

 tween the limb and the head, manifesting disease. The chronic 

 variety of farcy, or the sub-acute that shews a disposition to run 



