254 "^^^ ^^^ ^f Farriery 



A Ho^fc I have known fome Horfes very fubjea to an 



iliouldllop //ry^^fry or SupprajSlon of Urine, from riding hard 



now and vvithout letting; them ftop now and then to Hale : 



then upon p^^ ^.^^^ the^Bladder is ftretch'd beyond its natural 



and wlw Tone,, the Detrufores Urin^e are diftended to fuch a 



Degree as to lofe their Power of Elafticity, and the 



pool- Creature is very hard fet to drive his Water 



from him. Therefore it may be judged how necef- 



fary it is -to fuffer a Horfe to ftop a little now and 



then upon the Road, to try if he'll pifs, for Fear of 



fuch Accidents. 



When a SuppreiTion of Urine happens^ to a Man 

 or Woman, we can give immediate Relief by tak- 

 ing off the V/ater with an Inilrument calPd a Ca- 

 theter. And I have performed this Operation once 

 or twice a Day for a Fortnight upon the fame Per- 

 fon, before the Bladder has recover'd its due Tone. 

 The An- Three or four Times I have in my Practice ( when 

 thorsnew- the Sphinfter Mufcle or Neck of the Bladder has 

 Opt rat: on ^^^^ f^ fweiiM that it would not admit of paffmg 

 S-llnn'nf thc Inftri^ment, ) cut into the very Body of the Blad- 

 Xy^T der above the Os Pubis, and let the Urine flow out 

 that Way for a Month or fix Weeks, 'till fuch 

 Time as the Infi'mmation, &c. about the Neck of 

 the Bladder was quite difperfed and gene; after 

 which the People pifs'd as well and found as ever, 

 and feme of thtm are yet living, tho' it is ten Years 

 fmce I performed fuch Operation upon them. 



I mention this Operation as it is a Method never 

 before pr?ajfed, nor even menfion'd in any ancient 

 or modern Author ; and really if the People I did it 

 upon had died under my Hands, I might perlmps 

 have been profecuted by fome malicious ill-dehgnmg 

 People for M;'le-Praaice ; but as they all recover'd, 

 I am out of Danger ; and I would not give a Far- 

 thing for one of our Profrifion,. who will not m 

 deiperate Cafes, and where nothing can be cxpraed 

 but Death without feme extraordinary Methods be 

 ufcd, move out of the common Pack Horfe Road to 

 fave a Man's Life : And I am fully perfwaded, that 



a great 



