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ON FARCY AND GLANDERS. 
zinc in this disease; but I am not aware, although it is a valuable 
tonic, that it has been brought into any practical test by practition¬ 
ers at large. 
Mr. Vines has given the palm to cantharides; and, in his hands, 
combined with his peculiar tact in managing this disease, he has 
accomplished much both in farcy and glanders, and, although his 
remedy does not seem to have been very generally adopted by the 
profession, it is a valuble one, particularly in old chronic gleets 
from mucous surfaces. 
Mr. Sewell—to whom the profession is highly indebted for 
bringing into a conspicuous point of view the possibility of curing 
glanders, at a time when practitioners were sleeping upon their 
oars, and had given it up as a forlorn hope—recommended the sul¬ 
phate of copper. It is certainly one of our most powerful reme¬ 
dies in correcting the diseased action set 'up in cases of farcy and 
glanders, not only from the testimony of Mr. Sewell, but likewise 
from that of other practitioners. My father and self have em¬ 
ployed it many years (although it emanated originally from the 
College), and we have been particularly successful in farcy, and oc¬ 
casionally cured cases of glanders even when accompanied by farcy. 
Mr. Robinson, of Tamworth, has also been equally successful 
with it. However, with all these advantages in favour of sulphate 
of copper, we have a still more powerful controul over farcy and 
glanders, in my opinion—thanks to our friend Morton!—in THE 
DINIODATE OF COPPER. 
I promised Mr. M. that the first opportunity we had we would 
test the capabilities of his new remedy, and one occurred in a black 
draught horse, on October 23, 1839. Farcy buds had appeared 
at different points, particularly up the off fore-leg, and more slightly 
upon the near leg. The horse was off its feed, dull and languid. 
There was running at both nostrils, accompanied by enlargement 
of the submaxillary glands, particularly the gland on the near 
side. There was general febrile action, shewing that the matter 
had been absorbed into the system. 
We commenced by cauterizing all the farcy-buds and ulcers, and 
exciting a fresh action in the parts affected, so as to destroy the 
diseased one. The enlarged submaxillary glands were rubbed 
with iodine ointment daily, and, for the first fortnight, the general 
treatment was an antiphlogistic one, so as to get rid of the first blush 
of inflammatory action. 
We then commenced with the administration of drachm doses of 
the diniodate of copper every day, or every other day, until Decem¬ 
ber 18th, by which time the ulcers had all healed; the discharge 
ceased at the nostrils, and the enlargement of the submaxillary 
glands was gone. The horse was ordered to work, and has continued 
