THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. / / 



In inflammation of the neck of the bladder, which 

 is easily known by feeling that organ directly under 

 the rectum, and will be full of urine, the first object 

 must be to relax the spasm, which contracts the neck 

 and compresses the muscles, thus obstructing the free 

 passage of the urine. 



Treatment. — Bleed copiously ; sometimes this has 

 been done till the animal was exhausted, and the di- 

 sease has disappeared. The nauseant given in the di- 

 sease of the kidnies may then be tried ; and if the case 

 is obstinate, apply a blister, and give a drachm of opium 

 in a ball. 



When the bladder is affected with stone, diuretics 

 are useful to cause a full flow of urine. Cutting for 

 the stone seldom succeeds in horses 



DISTEMPER, OR INFLUENZA. 



This is a species of cold which attacks horses at cer- 

 tain seasons, although it rages with different epidemic 

 symptoms in different years, and is occasionally pre- 

 valent only in certain districts. In the spring, when 

 the animals are shedding their hair, easterly winds are 

 more common than at any other season of the year, 

 and the change from wet to dry, from cold to heat, is 

 very irregular ; being then more defenceless against 

 cold, this disease often makes its appearance. 



Two opinions are held respecting it, some asserting 

 it to be highly contagious, others, again, disputing that 

 point. Gibson, however, tells us of a highly contagious 

 influenza which made its appearance in London in 



