62 2 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 



DIARRHCEA, OR LOOSENESS. 



During distemper, this is a common malady ; and 

 when it happens with this complaint every means must 

 be adopted to check its progress, as it is apt to produce 

 great weakness, which the animal is ill able to bear, 

 as want of appetite is too common an attendant upon 

 distemper ; and when this is the case there is a great 

 difference in the colour of the excrement, it being 

 sometimes very dark, at others yellow, and sometimes 

 of an albuminous character. 



The acrimonious state of the faeces produces 

 inflammation of the anus, and a constant desire to 

 stool, which some persons erroneously take for consti- 

 pation ; and under that idea give the animal cathartic 

 medicines, which have an injurious tendency, the 

 bowels being already too much relaxed, and not unfre- 

 quently cause the death of the animal. 



Remedies. — When dogs are labouring under this 

 complaint give the following twice or thrice daily, if 

 the complaint is at all severe ; but when not so, once a 

 day will suffice. 



Peruvian bark . . i scruple, 



Powdered ginger . . i drachm, 



Powdered camphor . 4 grains, 



Laudanum . . .12 drops. 



Rhubarb and magnesia have an excellent effect in 

 absorbing and carrying downwards the acrid irritating 

 state of the bowels. 



BLEND WATER, OR BLOODY URINE. 



Dogs are frequently afflicted with this malady, which 

 has its origin in a diseased condition of the neck of the 

 bladder, or a rupture in the vessels of the urethra. It 

 is also caused by fungiform growths on the penis, in 



