. Dadd's theory and practice of veterinary medicine and surgery. Veterinary medicine. GLANDERS AND FARCY. 159 singular in his opinion as regards the treatment of this disease, a quotation from Mayhew is here introduced: " Farcy is, by the generality of practitioners, regarded as a more tractable disease than glanders. Certainly the course of the disorder is arrested much easier; but, to cure the malady, there is a constitution to renovate and a virus to destroy. Is it in the power of medicine to restore the health and strength, which have been underfed, sapped by a foul atmosphere, and ex
. Dadd's theory and practice of veterinary medicine and surgery. Veterinary medicine. GLANDERS AND FARCY. 159 singular in his opinion as regards the treatment of this disease, a quotation from Mayhew is here introduced: " Farcy is, by the generality of practitioners, regarded as a more tractable disease than glanders. Certainly the course of the disorder is arrested much easier; but, to cure the malady, there is a constitution to renovate and a virus to destroy. Is it in the power of medicine to restore the health and strength, which have been underfed, sapped by a foul atmosphere, and exhausted by overwork ? Tonics may prop up or stimulate for a time; but the drunkard and the opium-eater, among human beings, can inform us that the potency of the best selected and the choicest drugs, most judiciously prescribed, and carefully prepared, is very lim- ited. Sulphate of copper, iron, oak bark, cayenne pepper, and cantharides, probably, are the chief medicines the practitioner will give. With such the horse may be patched up; he may even re- turn to work. But at what a risk! He carries about the seeds of a disorder contagious to the human species, and in man even more terrible than the quadruped. Is it lawful, is it right, to try to save an avaricious master the chance of a few shillings, and incur the risk of poisoning an innocent person? The author thinks not. Therefore he will give no directions how to arrest the progress of farcy. The horse once contaminated is, indeed, very rarely or never cured. The animal, after the veterinary sur- geon has shaken hands with the proprietor and departed, too often bears about an enlarged limb, which impedes his utility, and, at any period, may break forth again with more than the virulence of the original ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the or
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