462 crcLOPEDiA of live stock and complete stock doctor. 



staggers behind, blows hard, and is pressed for breath; he goes on ror 

 half a mile or more in this manner, and then comes down in a heap, per- 

 fectly helpless, unable to rise, and has the appearance of being paralyzed 

 behind. He is unable to pass urine, which, when drawn off with a cathe- 

 ter, is thick, ropy, dark, coffee-colored. Swelling of the muscles over 

 the loins is seen, and they are very painful and sensitive to pressure, as 

 are also the kidneys, if examined per rectum. There are severe, colicky 

 pains or cramps, in which he w^ill throw himself around, try to get up, 

 M'ill get up forward, and will sometimes drag himself all over the terri- 

 tory allowed him. Inflammation of the kidneys follows, and runs on to 

 suppuration and death in the course of four to fifteen days. 



What to do. — Knowing the origin of it to be plethora, the rational 

 treatment is to deplete ; give No. 48 internally, and also frequent injec- 

 tions of warm water ; apply hot rugs to the loins continuously, and give 

 a great abundance of flax seed tea to drink ; if he will not drink it, 

 drench him with it liberallj^ ; give nothing to eat for a day or two. Tie 

 his feet if he is inclined to struggle much. When he is able to get up, 

 put him in slings ; keep hini on short feed ; and during convalescence 

 give gentle exercise. Be chary of diuretics. If the case has run on for 

 a week or more, give No. 4, but only three times a day, in a little water. 

 Draw off the urine three times a day, till he can pass it without 

 assistance . 



III. Cystitis, or Inflammation of the Bladder. 



Causes. — Too free use of diuretic medicine ; too free application of fly 

 blisters and turpentine to the back or other extensive surfaces ; acrid 

 diui-etic plants in the food ; prolonged retention and partial decomposition 

 of urine, and irritation from calculi. 



How to know it. — Colicky pains ; looking around to the flanks ; fre- 

 quent painful evacuation of urine in small quantities, with more or less 

 mucous and epithelium from the lining of the bladder ; straining ; high 

 fever ; mouth hot ; respiration and pulse quick ; tenderness on pressure 

 just in front of the pubic bone of the pelvis, and same upon pressure in 

 the flanks. The loins are rigid ; the bladder is tender to the touch per 

 rectum — or in the mare, per vagina; if examined by running the finger 

 into the bladder, the walls will be found to be thickened ; the tail is 

 switched continuously ; the gait is stiff and straddling. If the neck of 

 the bladder is affected, the urine escapes involuntarily ; if there is a stone 

 in the bladder, it can be felt by inserting the hand into the rectum. 



What to do. — Remove the cause, if possible ; stop diuretic medicine of 

 all Idnds ; give large doses of flaxseed tea, and injections of warm water ; 

 give a laxative of linseed oil, one pint, and soft diet and pure water at 



