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sis, causing difficult, and in some cases entire stoppage of 

 the urinary flow and rapture of the bladder, and polypi in 

 the bladder, causing frequent urination, and the urine 

 small in quantity. Milch cows are chiefly the subjects of 

 these last varieties of diseases of the bladder, which are the 

 real causes of many mysterious deaths amongst them. 



Blood Shot.— (See Quarter Evil.) 



Blood Diseases. — (See Quarter Evil, Eed Water, etc.) 



Brain Diseases. — Phrenitis. An inflammation which 

 is the same as mad staggers in the horse. It is due to 

 overfeeding in long, wet grass or clover, and distention of 

 the stomach. In rare instances it is caused by the deposit 

 of a wax-like matter within the ear that communicates 

 with the brain. 



Symptoms. The animal is dull during congestion. This 

 is succeeded by quickened breathing, excitement and de- 

 lirium, the eyes being blood shot. It is the picture of 

 disease and suffering, and if not soon relieved, falls and 

 remains in a state of stupor, from Avhich it never re- 

 covers. 



Treatment. In the early stages of this disease, much can 

 be done by an active cathartic or purge, composed of one 

 pound of epsom salts, and one pound of table salt, dis- 

 solved in four quarts of cold Avater and SAveetened with 

 molasses. Apply ice or ice water to tlie forehead, warm 

 v/ater bandages to the legs, and tightly clothe the body. 

 Inflammation of the brain is often seen in the fatal form 

 of milk fever in cows. 



Brittr^ny Cot/. — A very small animal, imported from 

 the south of Franco, and from Brittany itself — which is to 

 the northwest of France, and separates the English Channel 



