FARCY. 67 



Treatment. — Having fully and sufficiently explained 

 the cause of this disease, the treatment is almost already 

 pointed out, namely, remove the cause, and the effects 

 will cease. For this purpose give the following substance 

 twice a day, a tablespoonful to a dose: — Sulphzte (not 

 sulph<2te) of soda. This new chemical salt will purify the 

 blood, as its action destroys fermentation, whether in a 

 barrel of wine, cider, or in the blood of a horse. Conti- 

 nuing this till the horse is well, and for a few weeks after- 

 wards, two or three times a week, will be of good service. 

 (See Sulphite of Soda.) While the blood is thus being 

 purified and made fit once more for the purposes of life, 

 it will be necessary to add something to it also, thus as- 

 sisting the powers of the constitution to overcome the 

 difficulty. We will not only add to the blood, but give 

 something to facilitate the removal of the effete matter 

 from the body, without weakening the animal with debili- 

 tating diuretics. For this purpose, the following medi- 

 cine will be given: — Powdered sulphite of copper, three 

 ounces; powdered Spanish fly, one drachm; powdered 

 gentian root, four ounces. Mix, and divide into twelve 

 powders, and give one powder at night in some good feed, 

 with no more cold water in it than will keep the particles 

 of the feed together. These powders will do for two 

 weeks ; at the end of that time get more, and continue 

 them till the horse is well. In .addition to what has been 

 recommended, give grass, and good and generous feed, 

 for by these means the power and strength of the body 

 will be kept up, and a cure will be more surely and speedily 

 effected. 



While this treatment is going on, the horse will have 

 to be removed to a place by himself, or from healthy ani- 

 mals; keep all articles used in feeding, clothing, and 



