HTDEOPHOBIA.] 



THE HOESE, AND 



[htdeophobia. 



pathy of the rectum with the bladder. The 

 fever is generally considerable, and the pulse 

 is harder and fuller than natural ; but as the 

 disease proceeds, it usually becomes op- 

 pressed. Its causes may originate in the 

 translation of fever ; perhaps sometimes by 

 cold, alternating with heat ; and it has been 

 occasioned in mares, by passing some irritating 

 substance up the urethra, to excite them. 



Sometimes inflammation of the bladder ter- 

 minates fatally, in consequence of mortifica- 

 tion ; but if mucus be again secreted, there 

 is every hope that all things may terminate 

 well, a complete restoration effected, and 

 the animal, after a time, be as capable of 

 performing his duties as ever. 



For the cure, bleed according to the height 

 of the fever ; and, if no alteration take place 

 for the better, bleed again, as the pulse may 

 indicate ; back-rake, throw up clysters of 

 warm water, holding the tail down firm, to 

 prevent their speedy rejection. However, if 

 such should be the case, have ready plenty of 

 hot water to continue the injections, as in this 

 case they act as fomentations to the bladder, 

 and thereby greatly tend to relieve it. Eor 

 internal remedies, give the same as in the pre- 

 ceding article, 



INFLAMxMATlON OF THE NECK OF THE 

 BLADDER. 



Sometimes the neck of the bladder takes on 

 inflammation alone ; and this occurs more fre- 

 quently to horses than to mares. 



It is to be distinguished from inflammation 

 of the kidneys, because, in passing the hand 

 up the rectum, the bladder will be found dis- 

 tended. This will also prevent its being mis- 

 taken for inflammation of the body of the 

 bladder. The frequent making of a little 

 water will not, however, distinguish either of 

 the foregoing complaints from this, as, in 

 inflammation of the neck of the bladder, there 

 is sometimes a small quantity of urine evacu- 

 ated at diflferent times ; for, after the bladder 

 is distended, there will be, by the force of the 

 distension, a few drops now and then squeezed 

 out. In this disease, however, frequent 

 staling will not take place until the bladder 

 is fully distended ; whereas, in the former 

 disease, it will come on at the very first ; and 

 likewise in the latter case, the distended 

 bladder may be felt even by the belly. The 

 treatment of this disease is so very much like 

 the two preceding cases, that a repetition of 

 them is here quite unnecessary, 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



MOHBID POISONS.— nYDROPHOBUi BITES OF KEPTILE3 ; VEGETABLE POISONS; MINERAL POISONS; 



STINGS. 



HYDROPHOBIA. 

 This disease seldom attacks the horse ; and 

 when it does, it arises from the bite of some 

 other animal ; such as a dog, or cat, that may 

 be allowed to remain in the stable. 



We never saw more than two cases of mad- 

 ness, and those were frightful enough. The first 

 was in a large bay carriage animal, which oc- 

 curred at the Royal Veterinary College. The 

 symptoms which made their appearance first 

 were, his refusing all kinds of food and water ; 

 he was then taken with a kind of shivering fit, 

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after which he broke out into a profuse sweat, 

 stared vacantly around him, began to be ex- 

 tremely restless in his stall ; and was then 

 placed in a loose box. No sooner was he 

 placed there than he began to roll and tumble 

 about, reeling and staggering from one side of 

 the box to the other ; biting at the manger and 

 rack with the greatest violence ; biting his 

 own sides until they bled, and raising his fore 

 feet as high as he could. Indeed, the sight 

 was terrifying to behold ; foaming at the 

 mouth, with eyes glaring and glassy. From the 



