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^0, 1J8, 1 Ounce powdered assafoetida, 



2 Ounces powdered juniper berriei, 

 8 Ounces powdered poplar bark. 



Mix, divide into eight parts, and give one night and morning in th« 



food. 



The real animus should be to remove the cause, which, as we have 

 stated, is various. Attend to the general health of the animal, keep the 

 bowels open by a free use of bran mashes and other food of an opening 

 nature. Give a laxative if necessary — say, 5 ounces salts, and Peru- 

 vian bark 1 to 2 ounces daily at two or three doses. 



vn. White, or Lime Urine.- 



The urine is one of the agents used by nature to pass away the excess 

 of calcareous or other stony matter from the body. So long as the con- 

 ditions are normal, even when limy secretions are excessive, it may be 

 nature's means of removing this excess. When the urine becomes albu- 

 minous, the calciferous matter unites with the albumen, and the result 

 is calculi. 



How to know it. — A white matter will be passed at the end of each 

 urination, or the urine may become decidedly limey. 



What to do. — Attend to the general health of the horse, give none but 

 sound oats and Indian corn, and sweet clean hay from upland meadows. 



Sand-like Deposit in the Bladder. — Sometimes a sand-like deposit, 

 or soft magma is made in the bladder, and to such an extent that the 

 urine flows involuntarily and constantly by drops. The remedy is by 

 means of a stomach pump and catheter, to fill the bladder with water. 

 Shake up the contents with the hand introduced through the rectum, and 

 allow the water to flow through the catheter. So proceed to again pump 

 full and empty until all the deposit is cleaned. 



When an animal is inclined to this disability, 1 drachm of caustic soda 

 given daily ia the water will correct the secretion. 



Vm. Gravel, or Stone in the Bladder. 



The existence of urinary calculi, whenever found, is due to the de- 

 posit of mineral matter around some body as a nucleus. This may consist 

 of mucus, fibrine, blood-dot, or even of a crystal deposited from over- 

 saturated urine. 



Causes. — They are so various that it would be useless to enumerate 

 them. Impaired breathing, whether from weak or diseased lungs, imper- 

 fect action of the liver, or impaired functions generally, are among the 



