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will be discharged with the urine. In this stage, it might be 

 advisable to give the animal one ounce of acetic acid, in six- 

 teen ounces of water, per day, to be continued a week or so. 

 Should the general health be impaired, let the animal have a 

 few doses of the following : — 



Balmony, or Snakehead, 4 ounces. 



Carbonate of Soda, 2 ounces. 



Powder of Slippery Elm, 3 ounces. Mix. 



Divide the above into eight parts, and give one every night 

 in the food. 



If the urine has a bad odor, let the animal have half an 

 ounce of hyposulphite of soda every day for a week. This 

 article can be dissolved in the ordinary drinh 



CALCULI IN THE BLADDER. 



A stone once having formed in the bladder, will defy all our 

 attempts to dissolve or decompose it ; yet if any one wishes to 

 try the experiment, they can resort to the use of muriatic acid, 

 sufficiently diluted with water, to render it harmless to the 

 animal tissues with which it may come in contact. The stone 

 can, however, be removed by the operation of lithotomy, which 

 will require the services of a skilful surgeon. In such a case, 

 the owner may possibly decide upon slaughtering the animal, 

 perhaps this is the best thing he can do. 



Symptoms of Stone in the Bladder. — There are various 

 symptoms of deranged health which often attend stone in the 

 bladder ; yet, as they frequently accompany other diseases, and 

 throw no special light on this, I shall take no notice of them, 

 but offer something brief, yet more reliable. 



The presence of a stone in the bladder will generally occa- 

 sion some interruption to that free and uniform flow of urine, 

 which takes place in a healthy animal without any symptoms 

 of stone in the bladder ; consequently, if in the act of urination 

 the flow of fluid is suddenly stopped, to commence again a few 

 moments afterwards ; at the same moment a slight trembling 

 of the hind limbs is observed, and the animal strains, ineffect- 

 ually, to urinate, only passing a few drops, and this state of 



