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long retention of urine) in an almost per-r 

 petual position to stale without effect, indi- 

 cating by action and attitude the expecta- 

 tion of an unusual discharge ; when, after 

 frequent straining, the effort terminates in a 

 groan of seeming disappointment. The horse 

 in general is now in a o;reat desiree of acute 

 pain, appears full in the flank, somewhat de-' 

 jected, and, to a minute observer, seems not 

 only conscious of his inabiUty, but to sup- 

 plicate assistance and rehef. The ancient 

 practice of inflaming the parts by an imme- 

 diate use of violent stimulants, as cantharides, 

 turpentine, and large quantities of camphor, 

 is, with the strictest justice, exploded ; having 

 been experimentally found, upon most oc- 

 casions, to increase, by their powerful sti- 

 mulus and irritation, what they were in- 

 tended to remove ; by such ill-advised and 

 mistaken application of medicine, frequent 

 inflammation has been produced and much 

 mischief ensued. 



The most rational and certain means of 

 obtaining speedy relief will be to lessen the 

 stricture upon the parts, by a moderate loss 



