FARCY. 



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CHAPTER XVIII. 



FARCY. 



THIS disease, although not so dangerous to humanity, is 

 still closely allied to glanders, and very often runs into 

 the same ; the difference is that elimination is attempted 

 in the skin instead of the mucous membrane 'lining of the 



FARCY ON THE INSIDE OF THE HORSE'S 

 THIGH, WHERE THE SKIN IS THIN 

 AND THE HAIR ALMOST ABSENT. 



A PORTION OF SKIN, TAKEN FROM A 

 FARCIED HORSE, INJECTED WITH 

 MERCURY. 



nose. As no treatment can be relied on for a cure, the 

 stable should be relieved of a horse so diseased. It is 

 known by small buds under the thighs and belly. 



