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obstruction occurs within the urethra the removal 

 should be made by incising through the tissues on 

 to or near the obstruction, removing by forceps and 

 suturing up the wound. A skilled operator is re- 

 quired for this, hence the veterinarian should be 

 called. 



CONSTIPATION. — An infrequent movement of 

 the bowels with the dung hard and dry. The animal 

 is said to be bound up or costive. Bad food, im- 

 proper feeding, lack of exercise, all contribute to the 

 trouble. Treatment is in the line of laxative and 

 succulent food, such as wheat bran, green grass, 

 silage and linseed oil meal. If the case is one re- 

 quiring immediate action give any of the usual 

 purgatives, but do not continue their use as a 

 regular thing. If green grass is not possible, nor 

 silage available, give one or two teaspoonfuls of the 

 following mixture in the food three times a day : 

 Equal parts of ground gentian root, powdered nux 

 vomica, powdered ginger and sulphur. 



CORNS. — Small swellings or tumors on the sen- 

 sitive heel in the triangular space between the bars 

 and the wall of the heel. These are found in the 

 fore feet only, and almost always on the inside heel. 

 They are caused most frequently by bad shoeing 

 or from wearing the shoe for too long a time. These 

 growths do not always cause lameness, although, 

 as a rule, they do. They are, however, always sen- 

 sitive to pressure and usually appear as tumors of 

 a hard, corny character. Neglected corns are 

 liable to fester and must then be laid bare by the 

 knife and be poulticed. Neglect of this treatment 

 results in the matter or pus finding its way up 

 through the coronet. Thus quittor may result. 



Give the foot a careful dressing by paring the 

 heel, and bathe the corn with a weak carbolic acid 



