THE HORSE—GENERAL DISEASES AND INJURIES. 
grease, surfeit and weed. 
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The subjoined tables of symptoms will enable 
one to distinguish it from the first of the three. 
FARCY. 
1. Skin moderately inflamed, not very 
red, nor glossy, nor subject to discharge. 
2. Swelling somewhat sudden, but not 
great, largest above the hock. 
3. Along the course of the inflamed 
lymphatics ulcers are formed, having an ir- 
regular circular shape and hard edges. 
GREASE, 
1. Skin hot, very red, glossy, with clear 
and very acrid discharge. 
2. Swelling very great, especially at the 
lowest part, spreading in all directions, but 
chiefly downward. 
3. On the heels clusters of small vesicles 
arise, which become pustular and exude 
an acrid discharge, which causes the skin 
to crack in deep fissures. 
In surfeit the sores come out saddenly on different parts, while in 
farcy they appear one by one. In weed the large vecz on the inside of 
the thigh is affected, whereas in farcy the lymphatics on either side of this 
vein are swollen, hard and corded. In general, the “ farcy buds’’ are the 
decisive marks of farcy, whether on the legs or body; and when they affect 
the nose, they constitute true glanders. 
TREATMENT.—* The acute disease is fatal, The chronic form occa- 
sionally appears to recover, though more commonly the symptoms are cov- 
ered up to reappear whenever the animal is put to hard work. The treat- 
ment of glanders in all its forms, and of acute farcy with open sores, should 
be legally prohibited because of the danger to man as well as animals.” 
({Law.) The writer’s first and urgent advice is to shoot the affected horse 
as soon as he is known to have the glanders or farcy. Where legal restric- 
tions against treatment of the disease exist, the course of the attendant is 
clear. If the horse is so valuable that the owner, in the absence of such 
restrictions, prefers to attempt the treatment at the risk of communicating 
such a dreadful disease to members of his household, to his neighbors, and 
to domestic animals, he will be assisted by the following notes. 
Carbolic acid is useful for both its internal and local effects. Mix ten 
drops of the strong acid in a pint of pure water and administer this internally 
in four doses six hours apart. Put twenty drops of the same strong acid in 
two pints of pure water, and frequently wipe out the nostrils with this di- 
lution, using a syringe if the affected parts are otherwise beyond reach, 
Cleanse the ulcers and “ buds” with the same, and bathe with it the dis- 
ordered lymphatics, keeping cloths on the farcied parts moistened with this 
dilution, if this be practicable. When moistening the sponge and cloths 
with which the nostrils or other parts are to be treated, Zou the liquid on 
them, so that what is in the vessel will be pure. Kali bichromicum may 
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