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and these should be very large. If in the lungs, the blister 

 should extend over the whole sides and greater part of the 

 brisket. It sometimes occurs that absorption of a portion of 

 the flies takes place, which produces strangury, or spasmodic 

 inflammation of the neck of the bladder, and this, upon 

 the principle of counter-irritation, will assist in allay- 

 ing the more dangerous one. However, this must not be 

 allowed to continue long, as it is of itself a most painful 

 complaint. It will be necessary to supply the horse plenti- 

 fully with lintseed-tea, made in the following proportions, 

 until the complaint is abated, which will be known by the 

 animal staling less frequently ; as in inflammation of the 

 bladder or its spincter, the animal stales very often, and 

 that is voided in small quantities : — 



Take a pound of lintseed a little bruised, and pour on it 

 two gallons of boiling water, and allow it to stand until 

 nearly cold ; then pour off the clear mucilaginous fluid. 

 This should be given to the animal in portions of a quart 

 at a time every three hours. Half-a-pound of Epsom salts 

 should be dissolved in a quart of water, and administered. 

 Every six hours the following ball should be given : — 



Opium .... 1 scruple, 

 Camphor . . .1 drachm ; 



made into a ball with lintseed-meal and treacle. 



Mustard blisters have frequently been applied to horses 

 with beneficial results, and produce even a greater degree of 

 swelling than cantharides. Those are made by pouring 

 boiling water on half-a-pound or a pound of good mustard 

 powder, according to the dimensions required to be excited. 

 It should be of the consistence of a thick paste. It has 

 been found to relieve inflammation of the kidneys more 

 rapidly and effectually than cantharides. Tincture of croton 



