234 ALBUMIN JUS URINE INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER. 



be useful. If there is no apparent inflammation, some gentle 

 stimulus may be administered internally. 



ALBUMINOUS URINE. 



A peculiar mucous state of the urine of some horses has lately 

 attracted attention. It has been associated with stretching out 

 of the legs, stiffness, disinclination to move, a degree of fever, and 

 costiveness. Slight bleeding, mild physic, the application of 

 gentle stimulants to the loins, quietness, and gentle opiates, have 

 been of service. 



THE BLADDER. 



The urine separated from the blood is discharged by the min- 

 ute vessels, of which we have spoken, into some larger canals, 

 which terminate in a cavity or reservoir in the body of each kid- 

 ney, designated its 'pelvh. Thence it is conveyed by a duct 

 called the ureter, to a large reservoir, the bladder. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER. 



There are two varieties of .this disease, inflammation of the 

 body of the bladder, and of its neck. The symptoms are nearly 

 the same with those of inflammation of the kidney, except that 

 there is rarely a total suppression of urine, and there is heat felt 

 in the rectum over the situation of the bladder. The causes are 

 the presence of some acrid or irritant matter in the urine, or of 

 calculus or stone in the bladder. With reference to inflammation 

 of the body of the bladder, mischief has occasionally been done 

 by the introduction of cantharides or some other irritating mat- 

 ter, in order to hasten the period of horsing in the mare. The 

 treatment in this case will be the same as in inflammation of 

 the kidneys, except that it is of more consequence that the ani- 

 mal should drink freely of water or thin gruel. 



In inflammation of the neck of the bladder there is the same 

 frequent voiding of urine in small quantities, generally appear- 

 ing in an advanced stage of the disease, and often ending in 

 almost total suppression. There is also this circumstance 

 which can never be mistaken by him who will pay sufficient 

 attention to the case, that the bladder is distended with urine, 

 and can be distinctly felt under the rectum. It is spasm of the 

 part, closing the neck of the bladder so powerfully that the con 

 traction of" the bladder and the pressure of the muscles are un- 

 able to force out the urine. 



Here the object to be attempted is sufficiently plain. This 

 spasm must be relaxed, and the most likely means to effect it is 



