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bathe the affected parts in warm vinegar, saturated with 

 salt. If ulcers appear, apply chloride of lime in a poul- 

 tice of roasted carrots. 



The Putrid Soke Throat is doubtless a variety of 

 this disease, in which the throat is the part most severely 

 attacked. In this case, in addition to the other treat- 

 ment, apply to the throat internally some astringent 

 wash, to allay the inflammation, and externally blister- 

 ing ointment, to invite the blood outward. Give soft 

 food, such as scalded mashes, and gruel ; and if the 

 animal cannot drink, turn a httle gruel down gently. 

 Sometimes the sore throat may be regarded as belong- 

 ing more properly to the bloody murrain, as it is at times 

 a symptom of that disease. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER. 



This disease is not common in cattle, excepting from 

 eating poisonous or acrid plants, or when cows are near 

 their calving. Sometimes there is an inflammation of 

 the neck of the bladder, from cold, or from eating hot 

 and stimulating plants, in pasture, (the broom, in Eng- 

 land, often causes it,) which causes a stricture, and pre- 

 vents the urine escaping. 



It is important to distinguish between inflammation 

 of the neck of the bladder, and that of the bladder itself. 

 When the neck is affected, no urine will be discharged 

 in the early stage of the disease ; but when the bladder 

 is inflamed, it will be discharged in large quantities, 

 and more frequently than usual. And when at length, 

 urine is voided, in case of inflammation of the neck of 

 the bladder, it is after much straining, and forcibly 

 squeezing it out from the closed but distended vessels. 

 The most certain way to determine is to put the hand 

 into the rectum, and if the neck of the bladder is affected 

 so as to obstruct the passage of the urine, the distended 

 bladder may be plainly felt under the hand. 



Remedy. If the neck of the bladder be inflamed, it 

 must be relaxed, or there will be danger of the bladder's 

 bursting. Sometimes, liberal bleeding will effect this. 

 Then give sulphur, or other physic that has no diu- 

 retic quality. Give injections into the anus, which 



