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frequently given, will bring on inflammation of the 

 kidneys as well as weakness in the parts. A sprain in 

 the loins often proves the remote cause of this disease ; 

 or a sudden check, throwing him back upon his 

 haunches, and giving a sudden shock to the muscles 

 of the loins, is another cause. Exposure to rain and 

 being allowed to cool and dry without having been 

 rubbed down, will cause inflammation in the kidneys. 



REMEDIES. Place the horse in a comfortable 

 loose-box, and clothe his body with a warm rug and 

 bandages. Give warm drinks of linseed and oatmeal 

 gruel, and apply a counter-irritant over the region of 

 the kidneys. If bowels are constipated, give one pint 

 of linseed oil daily in boiled food, but if refused pour 

 it over. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER. 



SYMPTOMS. When treating of inflammation of the 

 kidneys, we described fully the symptoms of inflamma- 

 tion of the bladder. In this variety of the complaint 

 the urine is voided in small quantities, and with con- 

 siderable pain each time ; and in extreme cases a total 

 suppression takes place. When this is the case the 

 bladder becomes exceedingly distended under the 

 rectum, and may be easily felt by the means recom- 

 mended in the former article. 



CAUSES. This is produced by some acrid sub- 

 stance, which has been generated in the system by the 

 use of food of a heating nature, forming a chemical 

 compound of an acrid quality in the urine. Stone in 

 the bladder will also produce this disease. Some 

 persons are so absurd as to administer the tincture of 

 cantharides by way of hastening the season of horsing 

 in the mare, which is almost certain to inflame the 

 coating or sphincture of the bladder. 



