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The three certain symptoms are, therefore, (1) the 

 ghiey discharge, (2) the ulcerated nostril, and (3) the 

 hard lump, and as they are always present at the same 

 time it is not easy to make a false diagnosis. 



FARCY first shows itself in the form of exterior 

 swellings, which rapidly change into a series of "' knots" 

 with distinct cords running in different directions from 

 them. The knots, in turn, become discharging ulcers of 

 a malignant and offensive type, and as the disease runs 

 its course these may break out all over the body. Farcy 

 usually makes its appearance in the hind quarters, gener- 

 ally in the legs; but, as before stated, it may break out 

 on any part of the animal. In its virulent form the 

 interior absorbents mav become involved (glanders), in 

 which event death quickly ensues. 



A glandered horse should be destroyed, and the car- 

 case buried, but naturally this would only be done after 

 a veterinary surgeon had pronounced upon the case. Of 

 course, everything with which the animal had been in 

 contact, the stable, &c., &c., should be most rigorously 

 disinfected. 



STRANGLES is a disease confined to young horses, 

 and for this reason it used to be regarded as being 

 associated with dentition troubles. It seems, however, 

 to be a form of distemper, akin to that found in the 

 dog, though with certain distinctive features which 



