320 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
and these should be very large. If in the lungs, the blistei 
should extend over the whole sides and greater part of the 
brisket. It sometimes occurs that absorption of a portion of 
the flies takes place, which produces strangury, or spasmodic 
inflammation of the neck of the bladder, and this, upon 
the principle of counter-irritation, will assist in allay¬ 
ing the more dangerous one. However, this must not be 
allowed to continue long, as it is of itself a most painful 
complaint. It will be necessary to supply the horse plenti¬ 
fully with lintseed-tea, made in the following proportions, 
until the complaint is abated, which will be known by the 
animal staling less frequently ; as in inflammation of the 
bladder or its spincter, the animal stales very often, and 
that is voided in small quantities :— 
Take a pound of lintseed a little bruised, and pour on it 
two gallons of boiling water, and allow it to stand until 
nearly cold ; then pour off the clear mucilaginous fluid. 
This should be given to the animal in portions of a quart 
at a time every three hours. Half-a-pound of Epsom salts 
should be dissolved in a quart of water, and administered 
Every six hours the following ball should be given :— 
Opium . 1 scruple. 
Camphor . . 1 drachm; 
made into a ball with lintseed-meal and treacle. 
Mustard blisters have frequently been applied to horses 
with beneficial results, and produce even a greater degree of 
swelling than cantharides. Those are made by pouring 
boiling water on half-a-pound or a pound of good mustard 
powder, according to the dimensions required to be excited. 
It should be of the consistence of a thick paste. It has 
been found to relieve inflammation of the kidneys more 
rapidly and effectually than cantharides. Tincture of croton 
