116 THE VETERINARY SCIENCE. 



Symptoms. — The animal attempts to urinate or make water 

 often, but nothing comes ; he groans with pain, stamps his hind 

 feet, and will sometimes lie down and get up. In the horse you 

 will notice him passing his penis in and out. In this case, if you 

 are not just sure of it, oil your hand and pass it up into the back 

 bowel or rectum, and by passing down towards the bladder you 

 will find it greatly distended with water. 



Treatment. — If it is a case where the animal has no bedding 

 under him, always shake straw under him, and give the follow- 

 ing drench : 



Tincture of Laudanum 1 ounce, or 4 tablespoonfuls. 



Sweet Spirits of Nitre 1 " 4 " 



Mix in a pint of warm water and give as a drench. If after 



half an hour the horse is not relieved and makes water, you will 



have to take it away, which is very easily done in the mare; 



oil the hand and pass it in along the floor of the vulva about four 



inches, when you will feel a small hole on the under side. In 



some cases, by passing the finger about an inch into this hole, it 



will cause her to strain and she will make water. If this does not 



have the effect, then pass the catheter, which is a limber tube 



made for the purpose, down into the bladder. In the horse, take 



hold of the penis, enter the catheter in the hole in the penis and 



gently pass it up into the bladder and allow the urine to drain out 



through the catheter. Put a little sweet oil on the catheter before 



using it. Generally after taking the water away once it will be 



all right. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER (CYSTITIS). 



Causes. — The bladder is sometimes injured in difficult cases 

 in foaling ; Exposure to the weather, being out in cold rains, or 

 lying on the damp ground. 



Symptoms. — The animal walks with a straddling gait, and 

 makes water often in small quantities, which is sometimes streaked 

 with blood. 



Treatment. — Give the following : 



Tincture of Laudanum 1 ounce, or 4 tablespoonfuls. 



Raw Linseed Oil 1 pint. 



Mix and give as a drench. Apply heat over the small of the 



back in the form of a mustard plaster, also apply mustard around 



the back part of the belly. Keep the animal quiet and feed boiled 



linseed to act on the bowels. After the first dose, if the animal 



has not relief in two hours, give the following drench : 



