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dose may be repeated. And if the straining and painful 
symptoms of frequent urinating continue, then an anodvne 
clyster may be given, composed of the following :— 
Laudanum ... 2 ounces, 
Thin gruel ... 1 quart. 
RED-WATER. 
Symptoms. —At the commencement, this complaint is 
manifested by frequent, but unavailing attempts to emit 
urine; but when the disease has acquired a more advanced 
condition, the discharge is in large quantities, intermingled 
with a considerable portion of blood ; and hence its name. 
When the disease is neglected, the urine assumes a darker 
hue, and in time looks like foul coffee, and now he loses 
strength rapidly, and sinks into a lethargic condition ; and 
unless speedy remedies are had recourse to, the animal will 
seldom exist under the complaint for more than ten or 
twelve days. Great pain is felt in the urinary passage, and 
the animal generally retires from the rest of the herd, and 
extends its tail, raising up its back in an arcuated form. 
In the earliest stages, sunk eyes, restlessness, and want 
of appetite, with hot and dry nose, and a staring coat are 
the ordinary concomitants of this disease. 
Red-water is usually accompanied with considerable cos¬ 
tiveness; and although this may not be the case at first, it 
generally shows itself in the more advanced stages of the 
complaint. Dry feeding is certain to induce costiveness in 
this malady, and more especially if strong astringents 
are given ; and in this case such a degree of constipation 
may be induced, that the animal will die in consequence, as 
no medicine will give relief. So prone to costiveness are 
animals labouring under this complaint, that it will take 
place even when feeding on grass. Relief may sometimes 
