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great deal of them would pass into the system 

 by absorption, and cause an increase of the mis- 

 chief. The horse should be kept warm, plenty 

 of cold water given it to drink, its food should 

 be mash, and the following given it three times 

 a day : — 



White hellebore 1 scniple. 



Tartar emetic 1 drachm. 



Linseed-meal 2 drachms. 



Made into a ball with treacle. 



If the inflammation is in the bladder and its 

 sphincture, we find the same symptoms; the urine 

 is voided in small quantities, and with great 

 difficulty, and in extreme cases there is a total 

 suppression of urine. When this takes place, the 

 bladder becomes exceedingly inflated under the 

 rectum, and may be easily felt by the means 

 advised in a former page. It is a spasm that 

 causes the neck of the bladder to contract, which 

 is produced by some acid substance which has 

 been generated in the system by the use of food 

 of a heating nature, forming a chemical compound 

 of an acrid quality of urine ; stone in the bladder 

 will also produce this disease. Some persons are 

 so absurd as to administer the tincture of can- 

 iJiarides by way of hastening the season of horsing 

 the mare, which is almost certain to inflame the 

 neck of the bladder. Some practical men advo- 

 cate bleeding until the animal faints for this 

 complaint, which they say will cure it at once ; 

 but should this not be done, the following should 

 be given every three hours : — 



Powdered opium 1 drachm. 



Linseed-meal 3 drachms. 



