204 Management and TreaUnent of the Horse. 



the horse subjected to exercise. There is no 

 doubt that the cause of farcy is to be looked for 

 in bad stable management, want of exercise, and 

 infection. There have been many cases in which 

 it could not be accounted for upon any other 

 principle than that it was contagious. In certain 

 localities is has been known to be prevalent 

 where horses could not have come in contact 

 with one another, yet, strange as it may appear, 

 we have it upon good authority that horses 

 in the field have taken glanders from affected 

 animals which were in the fields half a mile away. 

 A few years ago a number of horses became 

 affected with glanders in a field which had a 

 swift running brook passing through it. After 

 a thorough investigation, it was found that a 

 badly-glandered horse was turned out in a field 

 half a mile up the stream, and no doubt the pus 

 from its nostrils falling into the stream was 

 carried down by the current, and the horses 

 lower down became inoculated with it, thus 

 spreading this foul disease in all directions. In 

 the early stages of farcy, the horse should be 

 subjected to gentle doses of medicine. The fol- 

 lowing is often given for this disease : — 



Earbadoes aloes 8 drachms. 



Castile soap 2 drachms. 



Liquorice powder g- oz. 



Made into a ball. 



Others recommend the following in early stages: 



Corrosive sublimate ^ cbachm. 



Powdered aniseed 1 oz. 



Mix with syrup into three balls. 



