44^ ON FARCY. 



limate, in powder, difiblve in a pint and half of 

 water. Mafhes, &c. in courfe ; clothing and 

 every precaution againft cold. Finilh the cure 

 with well waihing in plenty of foap and warm 

 water, rubbing thoroughly.dry with linen cloths. 



THE FARCY. 



Is a difeafe of the blood-\'e{rels, whereby their 

 coats and integuments are thickened, and the 

 veins drawn tight like-Cords, fmall round hard tu- 

 mours, in fize refembling grapes or berries, and 

 ' very painful to the touch, fpringing out alorig the 

 veins in various parts of the body ; thefe not be- 

 ing difcuffed, fuppuraie, and degenerate into foul 

 and malignant ulcers. The caufe exifts in the 

 blood, either from its too gieat heat and fpifli- 

 tude, or its depraved and corrupted flate : the 

 remote caufe, as has already been affigned to 

 difeafes of the fame clafs, negletl or conftitu- 

 tional tendency. No doubt but the difeafe, in 

 an inveterate itute, mud be infefclious, the mat- 

 ter of the ulcers having acquired a very exalted 

 degree of putrid acrimony. The various fpe- 

 cies of fcucy are not worth a particular defcrip- 

 tion, fince they are all eflentially the fame dif- 

 eafe, differing only in degrees of malignancy, 

 and requiring medicines of the fame clafs, pro- 

 perly apportioned in ftrength. The buds or 

 tumours, and painful ftridure, are a fufficient 



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