AUTISTIC HORSE-SHOEiNG. 



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In Grease, 

 There is generally some crack or 

 evident appearance of grease, 

 witii ichorous discharge from the 

 skin, and great redness and glos- 

 siness of it. The swelling is very 

 great, but it is greatest towards 

 the lower part, which is evidently 

 the fons et origo mali. This at- 

 tack is often called the "swelled 

 leg," which is perfectly distinct 

 from the ordinary ^Z/ed leg. 



In Farcy, 

 There are always some ulcers 

 irregularly circular, and with 

 hard edges ; skin not very red 

 or shining, but swollen, and free 

 from discharge. Great general 

 tenderness, but no cracks in the 

 heels ; absorbents inflamed, and 

 showing hard lines and knots in 

 their course. The intlammation 

 extends upwards, and the swell- 

 ing is greatest above the hock. 



From Surfeit farcy is easily disting-uished by the absence 

 of all ulceration in the former, and by the hair in it merel^^ 

 coming" off, leaving" a bare place beneath ; the little lumps 

 in surfeit are not so large as in farcy, except in the very 

 early stage ; and they come out over the body suddenly, 

 while farcy appears a bud at a time. 



From Anasarca there can be no difficulty in distinguish- 

 ing this disease, because in the drops^^ of the celloilar 

 membrame there are no lumps, but an uniform swelling* of 

 the limb. There is a local oedema of the brisket, which is 

 called water-farc}', most improperh^ being mereh^ a sign 

 of general weakness, from the vessels g'iving' way in the 

 most depending part of the body. 



The treatment of farcy may be conducted upon more 

 probable gi-ounds of a cure than in the case of glanders — 

 that is to say, if the horse is not so thoroughly infected as 

 is sometimes the case. When glanders is detected earl 3^, 

 it is usuall}^ a very virulent case, because trifling- attacks 

 of it are generally overlooked, and are suffered to deg-en- 

 erate into farcy before anything- is done ; and thus it is 



