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gland on the affected" side becomes hard and adherent to the side 

 of the jaw ; ulcerating tubercles form on the nostrils, which have a 

 mouse-eaten appearance, being raised and irregular at the edges, 

 and depressed in the center ; they run into patches, and spread 

 over the" whole nasal septum; weakness and emaciation set in. 

 The ulceration in some cases extends to the cartilages, and even 

 the bones are sometimes implicated, when occasional bleedings en- 



FIG. 763. A bad case of 



farcy. Photographed 

 from life by Prof. Cressy. 



sue. Cough is troublesome ; farcy 

 buds appear in some cases over the 

 body, and he dies a disgusting and 

 loathsome spectacle. 



" Farcy. Farcy and glanders are 

 essentially the same disease, and 

 depending on the same specific poison in the blood, but mani- 

 festing itself in a different locality. It often occurs in connection 

 with glanders, but is also seen independent of it, running into glan- 

 ders as it progresses. 



" Symptoms. It usually affects the superficial absorbents of the 

 hind limbs in the groin, extending downward on the inside of the 

 thigh, following the line of the lymphatics, also along the absorb- 

 ents of the neck and shoulders ; little tubercles, or farcy buds, form, 

 which in some cases become indurated and lie dormant for a time, 

 but in most cases they go on to ulceration, producing angry, irregu- 

 lar ulcers similar to the ulceration in glanders ; the virus being con- 

 veyed along the absorbents, the buds extend in knots ; lines of 

 corded and inflamed absorbents are felt extending from below up- 

 ward, the hair being rough and bristling along their course ; by 

 and by swelling of the legs sets in ; as it goes on he becomes 



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