134 DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



increasing pain. It becomes high-colored, perhaps 

 bloody. It diminishes by degrees, until only a few 

 drops are voided at a time, and at length it ceases alto- 

 gether ; yet still the horse strains on, and the straining 

 is accompanied by increased agony. The secretion of 

 urine cannot be suspended but a little while without 

 danger or death. 



Remedy. Profuse sweating is recommended. Then 

 give physic, but not such as has a diuretic effect. Give 

 no salts nor calomel. Give a moderate dose of aloes, with 

 about one third dose of linseed oil. Give injections of 

 warm water frequently, as it will aid the physic, and act 

 as a fomentation in the neighborhood of the inflamma- 

 tion. A decoction of marsh mallows is excellent as a 

 mollifying clyster, and given as a dose, it has a soothing 

 effect. 



Foment the loins wdth hot water, and apply a blister 

 over them ; but use no blistering plaster or composition 

 that contains cantharides or turpentine, as they have a 

 diuretic effect, and sometimes cause great pain in the 

 urinary organs. Apply the following poultice, w^hich 

 has no such effect : Ground mustard and linseed meal, 

 (or Indian meal,) equal parts ; mix with boiling vinegar, 

 and apply on the loins. This will have a very favorable 

 effect. Give gentle physic and light laxative food, and 

 give sedative medicines. 



If the horse does not regain the strength of his hind 

 limbs, apply the following strengthening compound to 

 his loins: Pitch, three pounds; tar, one pound; bees- 

 wax, half a pound; mix together, apply thick to the 

 loins, when cool enough, and scatter some locks of light 

 tow or other similar material, before it gets quite cool. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER. 



Sometimes an inflammation of the mucus lining of 

 the bladder exists at the same time with inflammation 

 of the kidneys, and is caused by it ; as the nature of the 

 urine is changed by the diseased state of the kidneys. 

 It becomes acrid and irritates the coat of the bladder. 

 Other causes of this disease, are stimulating food, poison- 

 ous herbage, and foreign substances, such as a ston« or 

 gravel in the bladder. 



