266 THE VETERINARY DOCTOR. 
TREATMENT.—Adopt the treatment laid down for Inflammation of the 
Kidneys, adding hyoscyamus to the remedies there named. 
SPASM OF THE BLADDER. 
A spasm of the neck of the bladder is caused by stoppage of sweat; 
too watery food; cold feet; too long retention of urine. It is indicated by 
great restlessness; unsuccessful efforts to urinate; much suffering; scraping 
with the feet; violent falls. The retention of urine distinguishes the dis- 
order from colic. 
TREATMENT.—For fever, and scanty, bloody urine, give aconite from 
one to four times an hour, according to the urgency of the case, Similar 
doses of cantharis will afford much relief. See this disorder in the Horse. 
BLOODY URINE. 
Bloody urine more often attacks males than females, and is caused by 
improper or poisonous food, catarrh, injuries from jumping, blows, and the 
like (especially in cows at the time of calving). 
Symptoms.—Loss of appetite; much thirst; cold feet, ears and horns; 
rapid pulse; pain on pressure about the loins; chills; mouth and tongue hot; 
pulse feeble; passage of dung painful; the urine gradually becomes red, its 
passage in later stages being very distressing and made up of drops only; if 
the bladder and kidneys become much inflamed, the case is hopeless. 
TREATMENT.-—Give cantharis two or three times daily; if it fails, give 
camphor twice a day, ten grains or more with pounded loaf sugar, placed 
dry on the tongue or put in a little water and well shaken. Consult the 
article on the same disease in the Horse. 
BLACK WATER, 
Black water, also called “red water,” is caused by neglect, harmful 
vegetation in swampy lands, buds, decayed leaves, insufficient grass and 
water in- summer, sudden changes in temperature, diseases of the stomach 
and liver, injuries, and exposure to wet and cold soon after calving. 
Symptoms.—At first, dullness, poor appetite, tender loins, unthrifty- 
looking skin; then red urine, or even black, entire loss of appetite, all parts 
of the skin and whites of the eyes yellowish-brown; quick, full pulse; the 
bowels, perhaps very loose at first, become greatly constipated; sunken eyes; 
rapid loss of strength and flesh; violent purging; death, unless treated 
properly. 
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