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generally so to a good extent, and the corded veins 

 scarcely visible ; this happens mostly to a fore-leg 

 (not always), and has been considered of a dropsical 

 nature, in a slight degree, or rather lymphatic, the 

 glatids continuing their functions but ' imperfectly. 

 In this case give thepurgative ball, and repeat it in 

 four days after ; but should the animal be a very 

 fleshy one, and full of condition, with full pulse, 

 this may be preceded by bleeding to the amount of 

 three quarts, or four. 



Purgative Ball. 



Aloes, 7 drachms, 



Castile soap, 4 drachms, 



Liquorice-powder sufficient to form the ball 

 for one dose. 

 Prepare the animal with bran-mashes ; let his drink 

 be chilled, and he may be moved about, under 

 shelter, with body clothing on that comes over the 

 affected limb. The limb should be fomented with 

 warm water, or the chamomile decoction, taking 

 care to rub the part dry, and wrap it up warm. 

 This course usually prevails against an ordinary 

 attack of farcy, and the cure is aided when it affects 

 the fore-leg only, by a rowel inserted under the 

 chest. But the absorption or taking up of the 

 disorder into the system, and carrying it off by 

 stool, is by far the neatest manner of managing the 

 cure ; for this purpose give the following balls after 

 the animal has been reduced by the forgoing treat- 

 ment. 



