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should carefully examine horses as to their having 

 this disease : because they, by infamous trickery, too 

 frequently use means to deceive the purchaser. It is 

 well known that if a horse is galloped pretty sharply, 

 that the increased action in breathing will thoroughly 

 drive the mucous substance out of his nostril. And to 

 make it continue dry for a time, they force a pledget a 

 considerable way up the diseased nostril ; after having 

 blown powdered alum or white vitriol into it. But a 

 little attention will enable any one to perceive that the 

 animal is in pain, and will make ineffectual efforts to 

 sneeze. 



FARCY. 



Symptoms. — This is the same disease as glanders, 

 but confining its ravages to the skin and lymph 

 vessels ramifying in its structure. The first symp- 

 toms manifested are the appearance of small tumours, 

 popularly called farcy buds, or bitttons, situate close 

 to some of the lymphatics and following their course, 

 connected by a sort of cord ; and hence they are 

 called corded veins by farriers. At first they are 

 generally very small, and consequently may not be 

 noticed for some weeks, until they have attained 

 their full size ; after which they usually increase more 

 rapidly, become hot, and cause considerable pain, 

 and at length ulceration ensues. They make their 

 appearance about the face, neck, and throat ; some- 

 times extending to the inside of the thigh, and pro- 

 duce lameness, and considerable swelling of the limb. 



It sometimes happens that farcy is progressing 

 in the constitution long before the buds make their 

 appearance, or swelling along the course of the 

 absorbents takes place. In some instances, the buds 

 do not ulcerate, but assume a callous texture. At 



