516 DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



cool add an ounce each of turpentine and ether. To be given every' second day tta 

 a week, leaving out aloes if bowels become too open. 



To relieve pain and uneasiness, any of the colic mixtures are to 

 be given." 



Prof Law advises giving potato juice to feed and quiet the bots, 

 adding some colic medicine if thought necessary. 



In a report by Dr. Adams in relation to the' subject, published 

 about fifteen years ago in the " Medical and Agricultural Register," 

 he stated, having made the following experiments at different times 

 on bots three-fourths grown, that-^- , ■ 



When immersed in rum, they live 25 hours ; decoction of tobacco, 11 hours ; 

 strong oil of vitriol, 2 hours, 18 minutes ; essential oil of mint, 2 hours, 5 minutes. 

 ' Were immersed without apparent injury in spirits of camphor, 10 hours ; fish oil; ,49 

 hours ; tinct, aloes, 10 hours ; brine, 10 hours ; solution indigo, 10 hours. A 

 number of small bots, with one that was full grown, were immersed in a strong solu- 

 tion of corrosive sublimate ; the small ones died in one hour, but the full-grown, one 

 was taken out of the solution, six hours after its immersion, apparently unhurt. 



Inflammation of the Kidnjeys. 



Inflammation of the kidneys is generally caused by hard work, 

 by slipping, throwing the hind parts so suddenly under the belly as 

 to produce undue tension of the lumbar vertebrae, or from sudden 

 colds by being exposed to rain and cold, the eating of musty hay or 

 oats, or unhealthful food of any kind. Too powerful or tod often re- 

 peated diuretics produce inflammation of the kidneys, or a degree 

 of irritation and weakness of them that disposes to inflammation, 

 from causes that would otherwise have no injurious effect. 



Symptoms. — Less or more fever of the system generally, and un- 

 willingness to move, particularly the hind legs, dung hard and 

 coated, very sensitive to pressure on the spine. The horse looks 

 anxiously around at his flanks, stands with his hind legs wide apart, 

 and straddles as he walks, shows pain inturning ; the urine is voided 

 in small quantities, and is usually high colored, and sometimes 

 bloody ; the attempt to urinate becomes more frequent, and the 

 quantity voided smaller, until the animal strains violently, without 

 being able to pass any or but very little urine. The pulse is quick 

 and hard, full in the early stage of the disease, but rapidly becoming 

 small, though not losing its character of hardness. Introduce the 

 hand into the rectum. If the bladder is found full and hard under 

 the rectum, there is inflammation of the neck of the bladder. If the 

 bladder is empty, yet on the portion' of the intestines immediately 

 over it there is more than natural heat and tenderness, there is in- 

 flammation of the body of the bladder. If the bladder is empty and 



