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notice in this place, as it is fometimes curable. 

 Farriers have long fuppofed it a difeafe of the veins; 

 but it proves to be a difeafe of what we have fpoken 

 of as the abforbents of the body. The abforbents 

 of the flcin follow the track of the veins, and hence 

 farriers thought the difeafe had this feat. Every- 

 one knows that farcy appears in the form of fmall 

 buds, which are firft hard and indolent, and then 

 burft, and difcharge a thin watery matter, which at 

 lall degenerates into extenfive ulcers. It appears to 

 be both caught and generated : while it confines it- 

 felf to the ikin alone, the horfe lives ; but when it 

 degenerates into glanders, or attacks the lungs, it 

 foon produces its fatal effeds. While it is confined 

 only to the buds, even though they (liould run mat- 

 ter, it may be cured, provided the poifon is de- 

 ftroyed in each of thefe ; but without this a cure is 

 feldom made. In the firfl ftage of farcy, while it 

 is confined to the buds, the cure may be effeded by 

 outward means only, in the following manner : Let 

 the horfe be twitched ; then proceed to cut open 

 every one of the buds with a red-hot iron, knife 

 fliaped ; after which, fprinkle the fore with verdi- 

 gris, or red precipitate* In this manner do with 

 every bud, taking particular care to avoid leaving 

 any unattended to, as a fingle one would enfure the 

 return. The animal may now be turned to grafs, 

 if at a proper time of the year. 



