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larly when it has some obstruction in it or is filled with 
uri-e. This trouble occasionally occurs in females during 
parturition when the mare fails to empty her bladder 
before labor begins. 
HOW TO KNOW IT. 
The animal will tremble all over the entire body, the 
pulse will be found weak and jerky and it will run up to. 
75 or 80 beats a minute directly, the body will soon be- 
come cold and examination per rectum shows bladder 
empty. The introduction of a hypodermic needle into the 
middle of the belly will let out urine which canbe smelled. 
Inflammation sets up among the viscera, and death is the 
result. 
WHAT TO DO. 
We can do nothing but relieve patient until death claims 
him. For relief we can use this: 
PRESCRIPTION. 
Morphine, Sulphate of .°. .'. . . 2 gaa 
Water, G.:S, adie 36-40 29 ae) ee 
Mix and give at one dose and repeat every hour. 
Bloody Vrine. 
This is a condition in which a horse passes blood along 
with the urine; it is of serious import. 
Cause—It is generally caused by violent treatment of 
animal through which the loins, kidneys or bladder may 
be affected Cancer or abscess of the kidneys, and eating 
poisonous herbs may produce a condition of this kind. 
