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STOPPAGE OF WATER. RETENTION OF 

 UllIJNE, OR STRANGUARY. 



The stomach and bowels being loaded, and thereby 

 swollen with air, the animal suffVrs intense pain. 



Symptoms. — Bt'injr a part ot' ti;e conipiaiut termed 

 Hoveu or Uiown, see lliose diseases. \Ve m ly add, 

 that the animal laboring under this addiiional disorder, 

 often sirides as if endvavoiing to void its urine — i)nt 

 witiioul more effect than a ftw drops, and those with 

 considerable pain. 



Cure.—Thti following opening drench may be ad- 

 ministered: 



RECIPE No. 16. — Bai'badoes aloes, 4 drachms ; powdered 

 ginger, 1 drachm ; table or common salt, 4 ounces ; water, 1 quart. 

 Two ounces of anodyne carminative tincture, or half an ounce tinc- 

 ture of opium maybe added to the first dose. A recipe for the car- 

 minative is given in a preceding page. Or. when the above cannot 

 be had, take common salt, 6 ounces; a large spoonful of powdei'ed 

 mustai'd ; a quart of water ; a little ginger, and a gill of gin. 



A clyster, similar to that prescribed lor fl:i{ulent chol- 

 ic, is mdijjpensil)Ie. There is no d.ffjculty with a cow, 

 in passing t!ie fore finger into the bladder, and leltmg 

 the urine flow off. 



ATROPHY, OR CONSUMPTION. 



This is an incurable disease unles:5 taken early, and 

 the animal kept in a good sheltered pasture, ksorne 

 stock are tender, and of weakly conslituiions from 

 their birth; and therefore if placed in more exposed 

 and much colder situations tlian they were bred in, 

 will be more liable to consumption, having leas vital 

 energy. 



Symptoms. — Tis disease is first discovered by the 

 aniujal having a hoose, or cough, and poking out of 

 the neck ; if it be now exammtd between the jaws, 

 the glands there are swollen, which, pressing upon the 

 head of the wind-pipe, cause the beast to poke out its 

 neck for breath. If the disease be not checked, or if 

 it does not yield to medicine, the lungs become afiect- 

 ed, producmg a wheezing and ddficnily of breathing 

 on the least exertion. When the lungs are once at- 

 tacked, no remedy can be applied. 



Cwre, — As soon as the symptoms of this disease ap- 

 pear, the animal must be taken from the field, partic- 



