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each throws out an ichorous, unhealthy discharge. 

 They are then termed farcy buds. The edges 

 have a chancrous appearance, which it is found im- 

 possible to heal with ointments. As the disease 

 advances, a glanderous running at the nose takes 

 place, with swellings about the nose, lips, and all 

 over the body nearly. 



According to the constitution of the horse at the 

 time of receiving the infection, so will the progress 

 of the disease be rapid and disastrous, or unac- 

 countably slow and uncertain as to the result. In 

 this latter case the patient retains its appetite, and 

 bears up its strength for a considerable time. 



Cure. — Three stages of the disorder present as 

 many methods of cure : first, when the effects are 

 slight or partial ; second, when it resolves itself into 

 large tumours, and a more copious discharge from 

 a smaller number of ulcers carries off the disease ; 

 third, when it is confirmed, general, and diffused 

 over the whole system. 



In the first instance, when the glands only are af- 

 fected, it may be treated as a local disorder, which 

 has not found its way completely into the animal's 

 system ; and, if appearing on one limb only, the 

 natural inference is, that the system is indisposed 

 to carry on the threatened evil. This happens 

 mostly to animals in good condition, that are strong 

 and vigorous, and of good habit of body ; with 

 such, the farcy is not brought on spontaneously, 

 or by being engendered in the animal, but has 

 been acquired by infection. The limb affected is 



