534 DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 
while sensitive in the acute swelling of farcy. The nodes of farcy 
are distinct and hard and never circumscribed, as in the other dis- 
ease. The eruption of glanders on the mucous membranes is nodu- 
lar, hard, and pelletlike. The redness disappears on pressure. In 
case of excessive swelling of the head in anasarca, there may occur 
an extensive serofibrinous exudation from the mucous membranes of 
the nose, poured out as a semifluid mass or as a cast of the nasal 
fosse, never having the appearance or typical oily character which 
it has in glanders. The inflammation of the lymphatic cords and 
glands in anasarca does not produce the indurated character which is 
found in farcy. 
Prognosis — While anusarca is not an excessively fatal disease, the 
prognosis must always be guarded. The majority of cases run a 
simple course and terminate favorably at the end of 8 or 10 days, 
or possibly, after one to two relapses, requiring several weeks for 
complete recovery. Effusion into the head renders the prognosis 
much more grave from the possible danger of mechanical asphyxia. 
Threatened mechanical asphyxia is especially dangerous on account 
of the risk of blood poisoning after an operation of tracheotomy. 
Edema of the viscera is a most serious complication. The prognosis 
is based on the complications, their extent, and their individual grav- 
ity, existing, as they do here, in an already debilitated subject. 
Treatment.—The treatment of anasarca may be as variable as are 
the lesions. The indications are at once shown by the alterations and 
mechanism of the disease, which we have just studied. 
Hygiene comes into play as the most important factor. Oats, oat- 
and-hay tea, milk, eggs—anything which the stomach or rectum can 
be coaxed to take care of—must be employed to give the nutriment, 
which is the only thing that will permanently strengthen the tissues ; 
they must be strengthened in order to keep the capillaries at their 
proper caliber. 
Laxatives, diaphoretics, and diuretics must be used to stimulate 
the emunctories so that they may carry off the large amount of the 
products of decomposition which result from the stagnated effusions 
of anasarca. Of these the sulphate of soda in small, repeated doses, 
the nitrate of potash and bicarbonate of soda in small quantity, or 
the chlorate of potash in single large doses will be found useful. 
Williams cites the chlorate of potash as an antiputrid. Stimulants 
and astringents are directly indicated. Spirits of turpentine serves 
the double purpose of a cardiac stimulant and a powerful, warm diu- 
retic, for the kidneys in this disease will stand a wonderful amount 
of work. Camphor can be used with advantage. Coffee and tea are 
two of the diffusible stimulants which are too much neglected in 
veterinary medicine; both are valuable adjuncts in treatment of 
anasarca, as they are during convalescence at the end of any grave 
