Geographical Distribution 



In France the disease was formerly known in a 

 number of regions, particularly in the south-east ; it 

 was first known by the name of river farcy on account 

 of it being more particularly noticed amongst the 

 horses employed in towing boats on the rivers and 

 canals. It spread from the south to the north and 

 invaded the eastern and central departments, and from 

 1850 it was confounded with glanders and was dealt 

 with as such in so far as sanitary precautions were con- 

 cerned, but new centres kept appearing in the French 

 cavalry which became infected more or less directly 

 from horses imported from Algeria, where the disease 

 was known to exist ; it still exists in Southern France, 

 and until recently was also to be found in the Maritime 

 Alps and in Le Var. 



In Sweden it is known as ' Norlander Rotz,' and 

 according to Delarne and Norrland it was formerly quite 

 common in some provinces. Lindqvist states it still 

 exists in Finland, and it is said that he recognized the 

 cryptococcus of Rivolta in 1871. 



In Russia, some sixteen cases were reported amongst 

 horses in 1896, and twenty-six more in 1897, all from 

 a village in the province of Novgorod ; it is also reported 

 from the province of Olonetz, where it is more inclined 

 to take the nasal form, and as a result caused frequent 

 slaughter of horses considered to be glandered. 



In Italy a curable or benign form of farcy has been 

 known for quite a long time under the names of Naples 

 or Neapolitan farcy and Mai delVerme^m\d.^2iS apparently 

 so common that Professor Caparini is said to have stated 

 at Naples that farcy is a disease so common that people 

 who are absolutely ignorant about medicine might almost 

 recognize it at first sight, and 1,200 horses are stated to 



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