124 NAVIX ox THE HORSE. 



To stop the blood, give tincture of muriate of iron, half an 

 ounce, every six hours, in one pint of cold water. Alum, one- 

 fourth of an ounce, dissolved in a pint of water, or one ounce 

 of spirits of niter, every four or six hours, will have the same 

 effect. Keep warm while using the above. 



URETHRAL GLEET. 



The inside or mucous lining of the urethra, or channel 

 through which the water passes out, secretes a fluid, in health, 

 just sufficient to keep its surface moist. This fluid is of a clear, 

 whitish color. It may be formed in too great quantity, and 

 then it runs from the mouth of the urethra as a ropy, white dis- 

 charge. There is no pain attending this discharge, nor when 

 the horse passes his water. Over-exercise of the generative 

 organs of stallions may cause it. 



Treatment — Wash the penis two or three times a day with 

 cold water. Keep the horse quiet; and, if a stallion, keep him 

 from mares. The diet should be light — scalded shorts, with 

 little oats and hay. Internally use the following : 



Take — Balsam copaiba 4 ounces. 



Sweet spirits of niter 4 ounces. 



Tincture muriate of iron 2 ounces. 



Mucilage of gum-arabic 1 pint. ^ 



Mix, and give four table-spoonfuls, tliroe times a day, in water, as a drench. 



A discharge of similar appearance from the vagina of the 

 mare will yield to the same treatment : the water being thrown 

 up the vagina with a syringe. Such affection is called, in 

 marcs, leucorrhea; that we have just considered, in the horse, 

 hlenorrliea. 



FOUL SHEATH. 



The natural, oily secretion around the horse's penis, and the 

 mucus secreted by the inside of the sheath, sometimes become 

 dried and hardened, forming scales of an irritating character. 



