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attempts to stale. The hind legs are stretched backwards, and held 

 wide apart, while the tail is rolled about in various directions, and 

 perspiration bedews the body. Treatment. — The hand and arm 

 should be well oiled or soaped, and carefully introduced into the 

 rectum, and the dung removed, after which the bladder will be felt 

 like a distended bag underneath the hand. By the aid of gentle 

 pressure with the hand, and warm-water injections thrown into the 

 rectum, the animal may then urinate ; if not, the urine must be 

 removed by the catheter. 



718. Cystitis or Inflammation of the Bladder is seldom seen 

 either in the horse, cow, or sheep, except after cases of difficult 

 parturition. The most prominent symptoms are, that the animal 

 continually passes small quantities of urine, and has colicky pains. 

 Treatment. — Externally — Hot applications should be applied to the 

 loins according to the rules laid down for inflammation of the kidneys 

 (par. 712). Internally — Sedative medicine should be given : for the 

 horse and cow, from two to four ounces of laudanum, with 15 to 25 

 ounces of linseed oil ; for the sheep, two to four drachms of laudanum, 

 in from five to 10 ounces of linseed oil. Warm- water injections should 

 also be given by the rectum. 



719. Abscess in the Bladder sometimes occurs, in the cow, from 

 injury done to that organ in difficult cases of calving, more particularly 

 if there has been a breech presentation. Symptoms. — The symptoms 

 are continual paining and straining, with dribbling of urine. On 

 examination, (by the rectum), a swelling is felt, and on further 

 examination, (by the vagina), it is found to be in the bladder. The neck 

 of the bladder is usually very relaxed, so much so, that the fingers can 

 be readily passed through it, and the abscess can be felt with the tips of 

 the fingers of the left hand, aided by the right hand in the rectum. The 

 operation for the liberation of the pus is rather tedious : first, the 

 catheter is passed into the bladder, to act as a director for the 

 insertion of a canula ; the catheter is next withdrawn, and a trocar 

 introduced into the canula, which is pressed into the abscess ; then the 

 trocar is withdrawn, and the matter escapes by the canula ; while 

 pressing the abscess with the right hand in the rectum greatly helps the 



