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Treatment. When this condition is discovered, the 

 animal should be immediately taken from work; apply 

 extra clothing to keep the surface of the body warm; 

 the method of feeding should be changed. Put a tea- 

 spoonful of bicarbonate of soda in half a pail of drink- 

 ing water three times a day; give a liberal allowance of 

 water to drink I usually allow the animal as much as 

 it will take; give it about three quarts of milk at the 

 first morning drink, before the water. Most horses 

 will drink milk when suffering from poly urea. If the 

 milk is refused at the first offer, try again in half an 

 hour, put the pail in the manger if the horse is slow 

 about taking it. Give a liberal allowance of oatmeal 

 water water in which oatmeal has been soaked for a 

 couple of hours and rubbed between the hands to ex- 

 tract its nutritious elements. Keep the bowels moving 

 by giving warm water and soap injections twice a day. 

 In many cases with this simple treatment the profuse 

 urination will disappear in tVo or three days. If, how- 

 ever, it still persists, two drams of iodide of potash 

 should be mixed with an equal amount of powdered 

 gentian, made into a ball and given twice daily. This 

 treatment can be very beneficially combined with DR. 

 HEARD'S CONDITION POWDERS. The latter should be ad- 

 ministered for some time after the disease has abated, as 

 they are essentially tonic and will greatly assist the as- 

 similation of the food. 



CATARRH OF THE BLADDER AND URETHRA. 



Causes. Stone in the bladder may be a cause, but in 

 the majority of cases it is caused by errors of diet, the 

 administration of medicines, exposure to inclement 

 weather, or is a complication of other diseases. 



