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to point out. It is the decided opinion of every 

 eminent veterinary surgeon that glanders is in- 

 curable ; farcy, however, is not so. The first 

 symptoms manifested of farcy are the appearance 

 of small tumours, popularly called farcy buds or 

 buttons, situate close to some of the veins, and 

 following their courses, being connected together 

 with a kind of cord — hence they are called corded 

 veins by farriers and veterinary surgeons. At 

 first they are generally small, and consequently 

 may not be noticed for some weeks, until they 

 have attained their full size, after which they 

 usually increase more rapidly, become hot, and 

 cause considerable pain, and at length ulceration 

 ensues. They first make their appearance about 

 the face, neck, and throat, sometimes extending 

 to the inside of the thigh, and produce lameness 

 and considerable swelling of the limb. A foetid 

 discharge generally proceeds from both nostrils 

 (in glanders only one, and that the left), which, 

 in the process of time assumes all the malignant 

 characters of glanders, and is equally contagious. 

 It sometimes happens that farcy is progressing 

 in the constitution long before the buds make 

 an appearance or swelling along the course of the 

 absorbent takes place ; in some instances the buds 

 are not ulcerated, but assume a callous texture, 

 in which case they are very difficult to reduce. 

 At this period a check of the disease takes place, 

 and many persons are led to believe that the 

 disease is cured, as the horse seems to have quite 

 recovered. This, however, is only a delusion, 

 and though no symptoms of the complaint mani- 



