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purpose the loins should be fomented with hot water, 

 or covered with a mustard poultice — the horse should 

 be warmly clothed, and no diuretic should be given 

 internally. One of the best applications to the loins is 

 a fresh sheep skin, the skin side inwards. This will 

 very soon cause and keep up a considerable perspira- 

 tion, which may be continued by means of a fresh 

 skin in the course of twelve hours. With regard to 

 internal medicines, one of the best sedatives is the 

 white hellebore, in doses of a scruple twice a day. 

 The bowels should be opened by means of an aperient 

 draught, and abundance of linseed tea should be given 

 so as to sheath the u-ritated 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,— 



