AHI^ISTIC HORSE-SHOEING. lOlT 



wlieii this state is followed l)y secondary symptoms, they 

 receive the name of farcy, thoug'h the two diseases are the 

 same, as is proved by inoculation. Mr. Youatt was of the 

 opinion that the farcy-buds, as they are called, arise from 

 the inflammation of the absorbents, at the situation of their 

 valves, and in their course to the g-reat blood-vessels of 

 the chest ; but this can scarcely be the case, because the 

 farcy-buds almost always make their appearance first upon 

 the lips and skin of the nose, parts which are more distant 

 fram the chest than the original ulcers, and certainly not 

 on the line of any valvular absorbents. The fact is, that, 

 as in syphilis, the matter is absorbed into the whole sys- 

 tem, and is then deposited upon the surface, choosing", 

 apparently, the most highly organized skin, in preference 

 to that furnished with fewer blood-vessels. The appear- 

 ance is as follows : First of all small tumors arise, fre- 

 quently in the course of the veins, but often in other 

 situations ; and as they grow they become hard, and 

 suppurate ; after which they burst, and discharge a thin 

 watery matter ; the sore presenting the same appearance 

 with almost all poisonous sores, viz., a deep central cavity, 

 with a rugged, hard, and elevated edge, and an unhealthy 

 watery discharge. Sometimes the in sides of the hinder 

 extremities are affected equally with the foi'e-quarter ; but 

 more often the latter is the chief seat of the eruption, the 

 inside of the arm, the tender skin of the brisket, the 

 muzzle, and neck being thickly studded with farcy-buds 

 and sores in all stages of progress. B3^-and-by, the deep- 

 seated absorbents become affected, the ulceration extends 

 deeply between the sheaths of the muscles and tendons, and 



