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Inflammation of the Kidneys, 



from eating musty oats or mow-burnt hay, from exposure to 

 cold, injuries of the loins, and the imprudent use of diure- 

 tics. Bleeding, physic, and counter-irritants over the region 

 of the loins should be had recourse to. 



Diabetes, or Profuse Staling, 



is difficult to treat. The inflfl.TYmnfl.Hnn that may exist should 

 first be subdued, and then opium, catechu, and the Uva ursi 

 administered. 



Inflammation of the Bladder 



will be best alleviated by mucilaginous drinks of almost any 

 kind, linseed-gruel taking precedence of all others. 



Inflammation of the Neck of the Bladder, 



evinced by the frequent and painful discharge of small quan- 

 tities of urine, will yield only to the abstraction of blood and 

 the exhibition of opium. A catheter may be easily passed 

 into the bladder of the mare, and urine evacuated; but it 

 will require a skilled veterinary surgeon to effect this in the 

 horse. 



A Stone in the Bladder 



is readily detected by the practitioner, and may be extracted 

 with comparative ease. The sheath of the penis is often dis- 

 eased, from the presence of corrosive mucous matter. This 

 may easily be removed by warm soap and water. 



To the mucous membranes belong the conjunctiva! tunic of 

 the eye; and the diseases of the eye generally may be here 

 considered. 



A Scabby Itchiness 



on the edge of the eyelids may be cured by a diluted nitrated 

 ointment of mercury. 



Warts 



should be cut off with the scissors, and the roots touched with 

 lunar caustic. 



Inflammation of the Haw 



should be abated by the employment of cooling lotions, but 



