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urinary organs, the horse stands with his hind legs wide apart; 

 he frequently tries to urinate, but the amount is small, and 

 grows more scanty; it is high colored, and sometimes bloody; 

 he refuses to turn the body, and shrinks when the loins are 

 pressed. In the first stages, apply a cold water bandage to the 

 loins. Into one pint of boiling water stir enough powdered 

 slippery elm to make it creamy, and add one half pint of lin 

 seed oil, for a dose. In severe cases, bleed once; apply the 

 corrosive liniment to the loins; increase the linseed oil to one 

 pint. Give for drink, oat meal water, made by stirring a quart 

 of oat meal into a gallon of boiling water. 



Diabetes, or Profuse Stalling, may become nephritis, 

 and should be taken in time. Dr. Stewart recommends whor- 

 tleberry leaves, two ounces to one quart of boiling water, for 

 two doses, on alternate days. Bloody discharges with the urine 

 he treats in the same manner. Sometimes the urine is thick 

 and reddish, and again white and milky. These states precede 

 Gravel, or Stone in the Bladder, which is indicated by 

 partial suppression of the urine and great suffering. The 

 symptoms are otherwise very much of the nature of spasmodic 

 colic. The cure of gravel is doubtful, but Dr. Stewart says he 

 has cured five cases out of siy in his extensive practice by the 

 followiuL^ means: A table spoonful of "jimson seed" every 

 other day, in the feed, until six dosos have been given. Also 

 four doses, or a dose morning and night, for two days, of tho 

 spirits of nitre four ounces, oil of juniper half an ounce, oil of 

 sassafras one ounce, made into four doses. Suppression of urine 

 may be present without any of the diseases we have named, 

 caused by any injury to the urethra. Give the dose last named 

 in a pint of warm water, three times a day, on alternate days. 



Foul Siieath is not a disease, but leads to it. The sheath 



should be bathed and washed quite frequently. When this is 

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