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with considerable pain ; loss of appetite. As the disease 

 proceeds, the animal loses strenerth ; the bowels become 

 constipated or very loose ; and the urine of a dark color, 

 approaching to black. 



The discharere of bloody urine may either proceed 

 from inflammation of the kidneys or a rupture of some 

 of the blood-vessels, and in either case blood is discharg- 

 ed with the urine, and may be often detected in clots; 

 whilst in the other kind of red-water, although the urine 

 is dark in color, it does not contain blood. The former 

 disease is more frequent with bulls and oxen, and the 

 latter with milch cows. 



In some cases where blood is discharged with the 

 urine without any inflammatory appearance, the exhi- 

 bition of astringents and stimulants, such as the follow- 

 ing, have effected a cure : 



RECIPE. 



Take oil of juniper, two to four drachms ; tincture of 

 opium, one ounce; oil of turpentine, one ounce. Mix, 

 and give in a pint of linseed oil, once or twice a day. 



GARGET, OR THE DOWNFALL IN THE UDDER OF COWS. 



This disorder makes its appearance in one or more 

 quarters of the udder, which become swollen, hard, hot- 

 ter than usual, and painful when pressed, [f the pa- 

 tient is a milch-cow, the secretion of milk is lessened, 

 and mingled with blood, pus, and corruption. 



It is inflammation, and is most commonly induced by 

 the aniuKil catching cold. 



It will be necessary, as soon as the downfall is disco- 

 Tered, to bring the animal out of the pasture, and take 

 away from three to five (juarts of blood, according to hei 

 size or strength. If she is bled at night, it will be pro- 

 per on the next morning to give her the purging drink 

 No. 2. 



The cow should be sparingly fed for a day or two on 



