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days ; and if the pulse is not increased beyond its 

 natural standard, half of this may be tried. If there 

 is too much excitement, a pint of the dhye (sour 

 milk) sweetened with a small lump of ghoor, and 

 given every morning, would be preferable. Some 

 boiled food, with a little bran mash, and dried green 

 grass, or lucern, should never be forgotten.* 



Red urine, as a disease of the kidneys, or from 

 inflammation, must be treated of separately. 



BURSAUTEE. 



Various are the remedies that have been employed 

 for this disease, and it is rather unconsolatory to find, 

 that no veterinary surgeon, at either of the Presiden- 

 cies, has yet condescended to favour the public with 

 a paper on the subject. If, then, we are to be doom- 

 ed to grope out a cure ourselves, I cannot too soon 

 add my ideas to those of other amateurs, who have 

 already written for our benefit in the " Sporting 

 Magazine ;" such recommending the madar, blue 

 vitriol, &c. 



In accordance with its name, the months of June, 

 July, August, and September, generally the two mid- 

 dle ones, are the periods at which this disease breaks 

 out. The worst cases are always low, damp, and 

 " feverish," situations. It rarely occurs in a bad form 

 in the Deccan ; a dry " liverish" climate, like this, is 

 one of the most effectual ingredients in the cure. 



* Bloody urine where there is no disease of the kidneys, is generally caused 

 by indigestion. I have seldom found the following fail in effecting a cure. 

 Aloes one drachm, Nitre four drachms, made into a ball with honey or treacle. 

 One to be given morning and evening until the faces become softened. ED. 



