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ulcerations, and well rubbed into the sound parts likewise*. And 

 Mr. Blaine has found sea-tuafer and saturated solutions of common 

 salt good dressings; and speaks in favourable terms o{ sea-halhing 

 for farcinous limbs, aided by " daily doses of sea-watert." 



The general Tumefaction of the farcinous limb must be 

 counteracted, as advised before, by internal remedies and by 

 exercise ; there not being in general any occasion to remit either 

 on account of the pustular or ulcerated condition of the swollen 

 parts : indeed, as for the ulcers, they will be benefitted by any thing 

 that tends to lower any inflammation there may be remaining in 

 the limb, and that at the same time has the effect of reducing the 

 size of it. Unless, however, we succeed early in the attack in 

 effecting a decided reduction in the tumefied limb, it is not often 

 Ave shall find ourselves able to accomplish more than a partial 

 diminution of the general tumefaction when once the suppurative 

 and ulcerative processes have become established, even supposing 

 the disease in other respects to be proceeding favourably : when 

 such, however, proves not the case, instead of growing less the 

 limb will grow larger; shewing us, that our plan of treatment, 

 whatever it may be, is not one adapted to the exigencies of the 

 case, and consequently ought at once to be changed, supposing 

 we are to continue treatment. But too frequently, however, in such 

 cases as these, in order to save needless expense on the part of our 

 employer, and our own credit as well, it will present itself as our 

 duty to recommend to his master that our patient's days be sum- 

 marily put an end to. 



The Tumefied Lymphatic Glands, in farcy as well as in 

 glanders, will require treatment. By some French veterinarians 

 their extirpation has been recommended with much assurance of 

 success in farcy, notwithstanding the notorious failure of a like 

 operation in glanders. M. Maurice, veterinary surgeon to the 

 First Regiment of French Artillery, has not hesitated to assert that 

 a '' cure" in farcy may be effected by the extirpation and cau- 

 terization of the glands, providing they be in " a sound condition." 

 For the disease in the hind limbs we are directed to excise the 



* See Mr. Youatt's " Lectuics," in Tjik ViiXERiNAUiAN for 1832. 

 t Op. cit., at p. 218. 



