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CURE. When retention of urine takes place, the 

 catheter must be used as above mentioned. If the 

 after-birth has been retained, it should be carefully 

 separated and removed by hand. An injection of 

 carbolised tepid water should be thrown into the 

 womb and repeated, and the following laxative drink 

 may be given : 



Castor oil ... 8 ounces, 

 Epsom salts ... 6 ounces, 

 Linseed meal ... 4 ounces ; 



the whole to be dissolved in half-a-gallon of thin, 

 warm gruel. Clysters of warm gruel and oil will 

 be found beneficial, and then give the following 

 anodyne : 



Camphor ... 2 drachms, 



Laudanum i ounce, 



Spirit of nitrous ether . i ounce, 



Linseed meal ... 2 ounces, 



dissolved in a quart of gruel. If the animal does not 

 exhibit symptoms of relief in ten or twelve hours, 

 the same dose may be repeated. And if the straining 

 and painful symptoms of frequent urinating continue, 

 then an anodyne clyster may be given, composed of 

 the following : 



Laudanum ... 2 ounces, 

 Thin gruel . . . i quart. 



RED WATER. 



This is the name given to a disease in which the 

 affected animal passes urine the colour of blood. A 

 microscopic examination of the urine reveals the pre- 

 sence of broken down blood cells, and imperfectly 

 formed blood cells. An analysis of the urine proves 

 the existence of albumen and the colouring matter and 



