734 TUE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



or stallion, the same thing is to be done, but the operation is 

 more difficult than in a mare. Take hold of the end of the 

 penis with one hand, and having the catheter well oiled, start 

 it up the passage until it reaches the turn just below the anus, 

 then have an assistant direct or turn the point of the instru- 

 ment around the curve, while you push the instrument very 

 gently until it has passed this point. When the urine is not 

 freely passed 



Take Colchicum, ....... 45 grains. 



Vinegar, 1 ounce. 



Alcohol 2 drams. 



Water, 8 ounces. 



Mix, and give at one dose, and repeat every three hours 

 until the water begins to pass. The animal will in most cases 

 be very thirsty, and he should be given plenty of water, in 

 small quantities but often, and just slightly warmed ; keep him 

 as comfortable as possible, and if he can not get up, turn him 

 from side to side frequently, and as soon as possible get him 

 upon his feet with the assistance of slings if necessary even 

 though he stand but fifteen or twenty minutes. 



If you have a horse attacked with this disease, do not under 

 any consideration work or drive him longer, but get him into 

 the nearest stable, and keep him quiet. Do not even walk him 

 home if it is far and he is bad. Three or four drams of salt- 

 peter three times a day is considered a cure for it, after the 

 physic has been given; or bicarbonate of soda, in half-ounce 

 doses, three times a day. 



If the animal is suffering greatly, give 



Powdered opium, ....... 1 dram. 



Or, Fluid Extract of Beladonna, 45 drops. 



Or, Laudanum, ....... 1 ounce. 



And repeat the dose in two hours if necessary, until the 

 pain subsides some, but do not give too much opium, unless the 

 pain is severe. 



Blistering. When there is high fever in a part, or when 

 the skin is injured, a blister seldom does any good, but often 



