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cover the loins with sheep-skins, having pre- 

 viously rubbed upon them the mustard em- 

 brocation. Should these remedies fail of pro- 

 curing relief, repeat the bleeding; and should 

 not the oil have operated suniciently, let 

 another dose be given. All diuretic medicines 

 are to be carefully avoided. (See Bloody 

 Urine, Suppression of Urine, Appendix.) 



Inflammation of the Bladder. 



When the bladder is much inflamed, its 

 ' irritability is so increased, that it becomes 

 incapable of containing any urine, contracting 

 upon every drop almost tiiat passes into it 

 from the kidneys. In this complahit, then, the 

 horse is attempting almost constantly to stale, 

 but voids only a few drops of urine, and that 

 with considerable pain : it is generally at- 

 tended with quick pulse, and other symptoms 

 of fever. Nothing is more beneficial in this 

 disease than ca\isnig the horse to drink largely 

 of linseed decoction, or any other mdcnaginous 

 liquid, and throwmg up frequently clysters of 

 the same : bleeding, and a dose of castor oilj 

 are likewise higiiiy nece^bary. After tiie oper- 



