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5. Ureters, through which the urine passes to the bladder. 



6. Bladder severed from its ureters. 



7. Ovaries. 



8. Broad ligaments. 



9. Fallopian tubes. 



10. Corrma or Horns. 



11. Frimbria; of the fallopian tubes. 



12. Body of the uterus. 



13. Labia pudendi reflected over to show the vaginal membrane. 



14. Emulgent arteries. 



SUPPRESSION OF URINE. — {Strangury, Ischuria, Dysuria.) 



When a horse attempts to urinate, and a few drops only pass 

 at a time, the case is termed strangury or dysuria. 



A total suppression of urine is termed ischuria. 



Strangury and retention are generally termed by stablemen 

 " stoppage," or " stoppage of water ; " and it is no uncommon 

 thing to see horses, while laboring under an attack of colic, una- 

 ble to urinate ; in such cases, the stricture at the neck of the 

 bladder, or at whatever part of the urinary channel it may exist, 

 is the result of sympathetic action with the muscular or nervous 

 tissues of the alimentary organs ; so that, if we relieve the 

 patient of colic, and subdue the inflammatory symptoms of the 

 one class of organs, the others are almost sure to resume their 

 function. Suppression of urine is so common an attendant with 

 colic, that often what amounts to a mere retention only is consid- 

 ered the disease, and the unfortunate creature is dosed with diu- 

 retics, which may increase the urinary secretion to the risk of 

 life, but have no power over the paralytic or rigid state of the 

 bladder. 



Those who are in the habit of treating colic must have noticed 

 that the moment a horse gets relief, — that is, when the accumu- 

 lated gas evacuates the abdominal channel, the fasces come away, 

 and the worst symptoms subside, — then the urine passes off 

 freely — a sure sign of a quick recovery, and positive proof that 

 the urinary organs were not primarily affected. 



The causes which give rise to strangury are numerous ; disease 

 of the kidneys or any part of their associate organs may, either 

 directly or indirectly, produce it ; paralysis, tonic spasm, pressure 



