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thick, and often bloody, especially after a violent strain ; he cannot 

 move backwards without great pain, which may be seen at every at- 

 tempt. It is sometimes hard to distinguish an inflammation from a 

 sprain, or what is called, " tided in the back." There is no method 

 but observing the gait of the horse. If he have got tided in the back, 

 he will be hard put to it to keep from coming down behind, and indeed 

 will oft come down; his eyes will look rather red, but his urine the 

 same as before. A tide lies in the marrow, or pith, of the back. , 



Cure. — The principal remedy for a hurt in the kidneys is bleeding, 

 which should be done pretty plentifully, as by this means an inflam- 

 mation will be prevented ; and if you have reason to think that the 

 inflammation is already begun, from the creature's being feverish, and 

 staling with great difficulty, the operation should be repeated ; foi 

 unless the inflammation be prevented, or immediately removed, the 

 consequence will be fatal. But, although bleeding is the principal, it 

 is not the only remedy, for rowelling is of great service. Put a rowel 

 on each side of his belly, and give the following balls twice a day, in a 

 pint of the decoction of marshmallows, having an ounce of gum arabie, 

 and an ounce of honey dissolved in it. 



1 oz. of Salts of Prunella. 

 6 drams of Spermaceti. 



2 oz. of Castile Soap. 



Add as much honey as will make a ball ; and if the urine be bloody, 

 an ounce of Japan earth must be added. If the fever continue, you 

 must repeat the bleeding, and give emollient clys'ters, and the cooling, 

 opening drink, before recommended for Fevers, till it abate. These 

 methods will often prove successful, but sometimes the disease is too 

 obstinate to be overcome by them, and the urine still passes with pain" 

 and difficulty. Recourse must then be had to the following balls, and 

 they must be repeated twice a day till the horse stale without pain, 

 and his urine become clear, and without any purulent settlement : 



1 oz. of Venice Turpentine. 



1 do. Castile Soap. 

 6 drams of Nitre. 



2 do. Myrrh, in powder. 



Make the whole into a ball with honey, and wash it down with a 

 strong decoction of marshmallows. 



These are the best methods of treatment in this disorder, and will 

 in general prove successful. Sometimes indeed this malady is too 

 strong for the power of medicine, and then the urine continues turbid, 

 and daily becomes of a deeper color, with a foetid smell,, — a sure sign 

 that the kidneys are ulcerated ; which generally terminates in a con- 

 sumption, and the creature becomes absolutely incurable. 



In treating of the Cholic I have recommended a method for removing 

 the Stranguary, when it proceeds from wind, or from dung pressing 

 upon the neck of the bladder ; but sometimes it proceeds from an 

 inflammation, and a retention of urine. 



Symptoms of an Inflammation of the Neck of the Bladder. — 

 When a horse is seized with a Stranguary from the above cause, be 

 will make frequent motions to stale, standing wide and straddling, 



