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during inflammation of the kidneys. The hay and 

 corn should be carefully examined; and no diuretic 

 medicine should even be brought into the stable. If 

 the horse is worked at all hours, and in all weathers, 

 he should have his loins protected by a leathern flap ; 

 if he is a saddle-horse, the rain should not be suffered 

 to drip on him as he stands waiting for his rider. 

 After a very severe attack of this disease, should the 

 horse not gain the full and free use of his hind limbs, 

 a charge over his loins will be of very great service. 



RECIPE (No. 44). 

 A Charge for the Loins. 



Take — Pitch, thi'ee pounds ; 

 Tar, one pound ; 

 Bees'-wax, half a pound : 

 Mix them together, and, when they are cool enough to be conve- 

 niently applied, spread the charge thickly over the loins, and scatter 

 some flocks of short tow over it before it gets quite cold and firm. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER. 



Inflammation of the mucous membrane, lining the 

 bladder, is sometimes coexistent with inflammation 

 of the kidneys. The nature of the urine is changed 

 by the condition of the vessel into which it falls, but 

 still more by sympathy with the disease of the glands 

 which secrete it. It is acrid, and irritates the coat of 

 the bladder. Stimulating food ; some poisonous her- 

 bage ; or the presence of any strange body, such as a 



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