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of a decoction of marsh-mallows, and smart doses of medicine, 
will speedily reduce the swelling, and especially if the 
swollen part is well rubbed, and the horse subjected to 
gentle exercise. 
Cause.— Bad stable management, want of exercise, and 
infection, are the causes of this complaint. There have 
been many occurrences of the disease which could not be 
accounted for upon any other principle than that it was 
contagious. In certain localities it has been known to be 
prevalent where horses could not have come into close con¬ 
tact with one another. 
Treatment. —In the early stages of farcy, the horse should 
be subjected to gentle doses of medicine. The following 
may be given as a (lose :— 
Barbadoes aloes . 8 drachms, 
Castile soap . . 2 drachms; 
formed into a ball, with liquorice powder, half-an-ounce. 
Others recommend the following ball in this early stage :— 
Corrosive sublimate . \ drachm, 
Powdered aniseeds . 1 ounce; 
mixed with sufficient syrup, and made into three balls. 
These to be continued for eight or ten days successively. 
But with some constitutions the above does not agree; in 
that case, half-a-drachm of opium may be made into a ball 
with meal and mucilage, and given as a dose, but should it 
not prove effectual, the same quantity may be given in 
twelve or fourteen hours after the first, that is, if purging 
and staling is produced in too strong a degree. The above 
are doses for a horse of delicate constitution, but for horses 
of more robust habits, after a few days, the mineral substance 
may be increased to double the quantity as well as the ani¬ 
seed. 
