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caustic to the bites, never became affected with the canine 

 disease. However, too much dependence should not 

 be placed in any one measure as a protection in such 

 cases. The great protection is, do not allow yourself to be 

 bitten at all, if it can be avoided. 



Bites from a healthy dog will never produce madness, 

 even although the animal go mad in a year or two after- 

 ward, so keep your mind easy on that point. 



Bladder Diseases. — 1. Inflammation. — This condi- 

 tion of disease is sometimes met with, but is rare in horses. 



Causes, Irritating substances or foreign bodies in the 

 bladder. 



Symptoms. Constant desire to make water, pain, strad- 

 dling or walking wide with the hind legs, great tenderness 

 under the belly. 



Treatment. Inject a little warm oil into the bladder. 

 This can only be done by an expert and with a 23roper in- 

 strument. Give 25 drops of the tincture of aconite root 

 every 4 hours, till six doses are given, to keep down pain. 

 Allow flaxseed tea to drink, or drench the horse with it, 

 which has an excellent soothing effect. Give plenty of cold 

 water to drink. 



2. Calculi. — This variety of stone is sometimes found 

 in the bladder and kidneys of horses. This may be said 

 to be the gravel of the horse, although not so common as 

 in man, but is equally troublesome, and requires for its 

 cure a formidable operation called Lithotomy , an operation 

 of no great magnitude to an expert surgeon, but can scarcely 

 be undertaken by an unprofessional person, even though a 

 description of it were given. 



Bleeding. — 1. Bleeding. — An operation for the draw- 

 ing of blood from the body, either locally or generally. 



