138 DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



DIABETES, OR PROFUSE STALING. 



Tnis is a very weakening disease. The horse urinates 

 very often ; the urine is colorless, and is discharged in 

 immense quantities. He would drink forever : and the 

 water is hardly down his throat till it is thrown among 

 his feet as urine. He cannot e ldure hard labor, and his 

 coat soon stares : he refuses to eat. loses flesh, and 

 becomes extremely weak. As the disorder proceeds, the 

 pulse becomes quick and weak. 



Causes. They are various, and sometimes difficult to 

 trace. Among them, are mow-burnt hay, bad oats, and 

 other bad fodder ; sometimes it is caused by an impov- 

 erished state of the blood, arising from the use of strong 

 medicines. Ill usage, and the want of green food at the 

 proper season, are also causes. 



Remedy. Change the food, and let the horse rest from 

 hard labor. Put lumps of coarse salt, and a piece of 

 chalk, in his manger ; put pea or bean meal in his water, 

 and give carrots and good hay. By a change of diet, 

 and good treatment, he will generally recover without 

 medicine ; but if the disease continue, give a dose of 

 physic. 



If this course does not cure, astringents must be 

 resorted to ; the following is good : — Catechu, two 

 drachms ; opium, half a drachm ; linseed meal, two 

 drachms ; make into a ball, with molasses, or mix in 

 gruel. Give this dose morning and night; and if it 

 binds the bowels, add one drachm of aloes, or some 

 )ther laxative, in small portion, to each dose ; or keep 

 the bowels open with bran mashes. If it be in season, 

 give green food. 



POLL EVIL. 



This disease is a swelling on the poll of the head, just 

 back of the ears. If not dispersed, it suppurates, and 

 generally becomes a formidable disease. Some regard 

 \t as incurable ; but severe cases have been cured. 



Cai/ses. They are numerous. The most commo*. 

 are, a painful blow inflicted m the poll, striking or rut 



