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very similar, and ultimately terminates in that contagioui 

 aud incurable scourge of the stable. 



The first appearance of farcy is indicated by small tu- 

 mours, or hard lumps, with a sort of communication like 

 corded veins ; these lumps usually appear on the inside 

 of the thigh and fore legs, but are not necessarily confined 

 to these parts, sometimes appearing upon the shoulders, 

 about the ribs, on the cheeks, and other parts of the body. 

 These lumps somewhat resemble what are termed surfed 

 himpa, but differ from them, when they break, in not gra- 

 dually drying up, and getting well ; the farcy buds, when 

 they burst, forming a small peculiar kind of ulcer, which, 

 if not removed by the proper means, become larger, more 

 numerous, and very offensive, until the horse is glandered 

 — the too general result of this pestilential disease. 



This disorder rarely yields to medical treatment, from 

 the reason, perhaps, that its real seat is internal, and has 

 taken hold of the system even before its exteraal appear- 

 ance is indicated. However, as it has been successfully 

 treated, we will suggest that, if the horse be worth the 

 expense of a cure, the attempt be made ; but it should be 

 under the advice of a veterinary surgeon, as requiring 

 more skill and experience than usually fall to the share of 

 the groom. 



GrLANDERS. — This is the most malignant, most pestilen- 

 tial, and most incurable disorder to which horses are sub- 

 ject, and is as fatal to them as hydrophobia to dogs ; it is 

 also highly dangerous to the stable helpers, being, like ca- 

 nine madness, communicable to the human subject, and 

 equally fatal to them as to the animal by whose deadly 

 bite the inoculation takes place. — Its contagious character 

 is another of its fearful accompaniments, rendering it the 

 bane of society, the scourge of the stables, and the ruin 

 of many a horse proprietor. 



Our suggestions in reference to this pestilential disease, 

 will be as to the means of prevention or detection ; for as 

 to cure, all attempts would be useless, and any advice 

 would therefore be superfluous. 



The principal means by which this disease is communi- 

 cated, is by contagion. Hot, impure, and dirty stables, 

 may and no doubt have induced it ; and excessive work, 

 with poor living, may also so impair the animal's cnnstitu 

 tioij as to predispose it to receive this or any other iufeo 



