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any sort which may supervene. We strongly touched 

 upon this topic in Book I., and at page 172, to 

 which probably the inquiring reader will turn, as 

 well as to the Index, under humours, secretions, 

 where he will become convinced with us, that poll- 

 evil is often no other than the critical abscess of 

 farcy ; which farcy is a disease of the system, and 

 is also correspondent with glanders, as poll-evil is 

 with quittor, warbles, vives, &.c. An able writer 

 agrees with us, mainly, in this view of the subject, 

 though he disorders his own point by a salvo that 

 means nothing. He says, " the poll-evil is sometimes 

 connected with a disposition in the habit of body to 

 farcy ; this may be known by the animal appearing 

 generally unhealthy in his coat, by the tightness of 

 his skin, and also by small lumps or swellings 

 in different parts of his body, and particularly on 

 the insides of his legs. When it is ascertained, 

 therefore, that the poll-evil arises chiefly from a 

 disposition to farcy, the mere operation of opening 

 the abscess, and using the dressings usually recom- 

 mended, will not prove sufficient, without the aid 

 of medicine given internally : because the abscess, 

 not being then a local affection arising simply from 

 partial injury, it will be necessary to correct the 

 general habit of body, before a cure can be effected." 

 The medicines best adapted for this purpose will of 

 course be found under the head of " Farcy," a few 

 pages farther down. 



