68 FARCY. 



When the disease is ascertained, the buds should 

 always be opened and cauterized as soon as they 

 appear. It would be useless to attempt to disperse 

 them by any embrocation or discutient fluid. When 

 they have been thus opened, some stimulating' lini- 

 ment may be applied; and the sores treated with an 

 ointment composed of a drachm of the diniodide of 

 mercury to an ounce of lard ; or the ulcers may be 

 washed with a solution of the chloride of zinc. 



RECIPE (No. 14). 



Lotion for Farcy. 



Take — Half an ounce of chloride of zinc, and dissolve it in three 

 quarts of spring water. 



The ulcers should be freely bathed with this lotion 

 morning and night. 



The constitutional treatment will consist in the ad- 

 ministration of tonics, in order to support the system. 



RECIPE (No. 15). 

 Ball for Farcy. 



Take — Corrosive sublimate, ten grains ; 



Powdered gentian root, two drachms ; 

 Powdered ginger, one drachm ; 

 Oak bark in powder, half an ounce : 

 Make the whole into a ball with palm oil. 



This ball should be given morning and night for a 

 fortnight. If advantage then appears to have been de- 

 rived from it, the quantity maybe gradually increased 

 to fifteen grains of the sublimate in each ball ; but the 

 horse must be carefully watched, lest salivation or vio- 

 lent purging should be produced ; the instant either is 



