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is produced. -^Ib. of Epsom salts, dissolved in the warm water 

 constituting the injection, may be used with advantage should 

 the case continue obdurate. 



Diseases of the Urinary Organs are generally of somewhat 

 serious import, and unless the case you are treating yields 

 pretty quickly to your remedies, it will be wiser to call in 

 the practitioner's aid. 



Inflammation of the Bladder may be of two kinds, either 

 of the neck, or the main body. The former is a spasmodic 

 contraction of the part to such an extent that there is not 

 pufiBcient muscular power to force out the urine, except in 

 small quantities and at frequent intervals. The bladder ia 

 painfully distended, and can be felt with the hand, under the 

 rectum. When this is the case, the veterinary surgeon must 

 be requisitioned to empty it, and demulcents, such as linseed, 

 given, in hot bran-mashes, warm oatmeal gruel, &c. 



Inflammation of the body of the bladder may or may not 

 be accompanied by inflammation of the kidneys. In the 

 latter case, bleeding may be of use, but not in the former. 

 Here again demulcents are of the greatest possible use, and 

 a camphor and opium ball (l-|oz. of opium to 2oz. of camphor) 

 should be given. This must not be repeated more than twice. 

 An ounce of nitre, in a hot mash of linseed and bran, twice 

 a week, will be found efficacious. 



Difficulty in Pa^ising the Urine. — Congestion of the kidneys 

 or some disarrangement of the bladder may be the cause of 

 this. The corn should be stopped, bran and linseed given 

 freely, and an ounce of nitre administered each night in a 

 mash. The best drink will be a little scalded or boiled linseed, 

 in a bucket of water. If accompanied by costiveness, an 

 aperient ball should be givem. 



Profuse Staling, or Diabetes, is a very dangerous disease, 

 and amateur efforts are likely to "make confusion worse con- 

 founded." You cannot go wrong, however, in giving soothing 

 drinks, warm oatmeal, linseed, &c. ; but professional advice 

 should be taken. That excellent authority, " Stonehenge," 

 recommends half a pint to a pint of lime water in the drinking- 

 water, and I have no doubt that he is right. 



Worms. — These are cruel pests, and very diflScult to 

 eradicate. The symptoms are well known, and almost unmis- 

 takable. The horse gets poor in condition, till he looks like 

 a bag of bones ; his coat sticks up the wrong way, whilst the 



