148 nORSE-TRAINING MADE EASV. 



Stonehenge says : " Farcy appears to depend 

 upon the development of the same poison as in 

 glanders \ but the attempt at elimination is made 

 in the skin, instead of the mucous membrane 

 lining the nose. A horse inoculated with glan- 

 ders may exhibit farcy, and vice versa." 



*' Farcy usually shows itself first by one or two 

 email hard knots in the skin called ' farcy buds;' 

 these ioon soften and contain a small quantity 

 of pus ; but, as this is rapidly absorbed, the 

 lymphatics which convey it into the circulation 

 inflame; and at a short distance another bud is 

 formed, &c. In process of time the general 

 system sufi'ers, as in glanders, and the horse 

 dies, a miserable, worn-out object. No treat- 

 ment can be relied on to cure the disease ; and, 

 as it is equally contagious with glanders, every 

 farcied horse ought at once to be destroyed. 

 The hard nature of the buds, and the thickened 

 lymphatics extending like cords between, clearly 

 make known the nature of the disease/' 



Glanders Contnyious. — This brings us to the 

 more important part of our subject, and places us 

 upon our guard, so as to prevent 'us as far as 

 possible exposing ourselves to such a calamity. 

 -The time which glanders appears after inoculation 

 is very uncertain ; it may be a few flays, or it may 

 be several months, varying according to circum- 

 stances and the condition of the animal. Glan- 

 ders has been known to remain dormarjt in the 

 Kystem for a period of two or three years previous 

 to its being developed. 



