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should be applied over the blister. Apply the oil, 

 morning and night, until the scab peels off. Where 

 there is a tendency to grease, blistering is dangerous. 

 In the winter, care should be used that the horse does 

 not take cold in the part blistered. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS. 



Symptoms. — A constant desire to void urine, al- 

 though only passed in small quantities, highly colored, 

 and sometimes tinged with blood, though more 

 generally quite natural. There is usually a peculiar 

 stiffness in the hind extremities, especially when the 

 horse is made to describe a circle. Pressure on the 

 loins elicit symptoms of pain, and the pulse and 

 respirations denote febrile symptoms. 



The treatment will only vary from that of inflamma- 

 tion of other parts by a consideration of the peculiarity 

 of the organ affected. Bleeding may be promptly 

 resorted to. An active purge should next be ad- 

 ministered, and a counter inflammation excited as 

 nearly as possible to the seat of disease. For this 



