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draught, and abundance of linseed tea should be given, 

 so as to sheath the irritated parts. The patient should 

 be warmly clothed ; his legs well bandaged, and plenty 

 of water offered to him. The food should be carefully 

 examined, and anything that could have excited, or that 

 may prolong the irritation, carefully removed. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER. 



This is a very rare but exceedingly dangerous disease. 

 There are two varieties of this disease, inflammation of 

 the body of the bladder, and of its neck. The symptoms 

 are nearly the same with those of inflammation of the 

 kidney, except that there is rarely a total suppression of 

 urine, and there is heat felt in the rectum over the situa- 

 tion of the bladder. The causes are, the presence of some 

 acrid or irritant matter in the urine, or of calculus or 

 stone in the bladder. In inflammation of the neck of the 

 bladder, there is the same frequent voiding of urine in 

 small quantities, generally appearing in an advanced stage 

 of the disease, and often ending in almost total suppres- 

 sion. There is this circumstance which can never be mis- 

 taken : the bladder is distended with urine, and can be 

 distinctly felt under the rectum. It is spasm of the part, 

 closing the neck of the bladder so powerfully that the 

 contraction of the bladder and the pressure of the mus- 

 cles are unable to force out the urine. 



The Treatment in this case will be the same as in in- 

 flammation of the kidneys, except that it is of more con- 

 sequence that the animal should drink freely of water or 

 thin gruel. 



The irritation being great, it is almost impossible to 

 keep any soothing application in the bladder, the contents 

 of which are being continually ejected. Recourse, there- 

 fore, must be had to very copious bleeding, so as to en- 

 deavor to check the inflammation which exists, as 

 well as to assuage the irritation, which forbids local 

 measures. It will assist, to administer calomel, combined 

 with ojjium and tartarized antimony, two scruples of each 

 being given three times a day. The same means may be 



