The veterinary editor airs his knowledge,…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

icle appeared in the Southwest Sen- tinel, Oct. 13th, 1891, which was an attempt to describe what it chose to term Farcy, a dis- ease said to be prevalent among horses in this vicinity. The veterinary editor airs his knowledge, (or his lack of it), in the following language. “Farcy is a disease which Webster defines as a disease of the absorbents, affecting the skin and its blood vessels and of a nature allied to glanders.” We beg leave to disagree with the eminent authority and to state that Farcy is a disease of the capillary action of the blood vessels, which in case of Farcy become in- flamed. In this case or first stage of Farcy, the pulse never exceeds 55 to 60 beats per minute ; in the second stage of the disease we find the cellular tissues under the skin filled with coagulated blood or serum, causing the animal to be covered with lumps called Button Farcy, in which case we find the pulse ranging from 65 to 70 beats per minute: in the third stage we find inflammation of the circulation or the arterial and venous circulation, also in- flammation of the parotid and sublingual and submaxillary glands, causing congestion of the brain, and death ensues. In this case we have a pulse ranging from 70 to 100 beats per minute.