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INCONTINENCE OF URINE IN THE HORSE. 
a fine stream, at other times dropping. I then fiightened him, b^r 
way of making him retract the penis. The flow of urine, how¬ 
ever, continued. The loins were examined, and the animal 
walked out, but no defect was discovered. The pulse was but 
little altered, and in every other respect he appeared unaffected. 
V.S. viii fb.—R. aloe vulg. svi; hyd. sub. 3i.; pulv. zingib. 
9ii • ol. carui gt. xx; pulv. glych. 3ii ; syr. simp. q.s. fiat bolus ; 
sheep skins applied to the loins. 
11 th. —No better; the physic operated. R. tereb. com. jfs ; 
potassse nitrat. 3ii; ol. junip. 3i; pulv. glych. q.s. The sheep 
skins continued, and a stimulant applied to the loins. 
12 th .—Urine flows involuntarily and more copiously. R. aloe 
vulg. 3iii; hyd. sub. 3fs ; potass, nitrat. 3ii; syr. simp, q.s- The 
application to the loins continued, and salt mashes given. 
13 th. —Still the same; the ball excited a slight degree of 
nausea. At night another diuretic was given; applications 
continued to the loins. 
14^.—No alteration. The mode of treatment was now chang¬ 
ed. Glysters were administered twice a-day, composed of aq. 
tepid, iv lb*; pulv. zingib. ^fs ; tinct. capsici 3fs; sp. vini lect. 511; 
liq. ammonise Sfs : and the following ball was given, pulv. 
lyttse 3i - tereb. com. Jifs; pulv. acaci. gumi jfs; ol. junip. 3 ifs. 
15 th .—The injections produced great irritation in the rectum. 
The urethra appeared much stimulated, and the urine could be 
retained for two or three minutes together. Repeat the ball and 
one injection. 
1 ( }th .—The animal could retain the urine for more than a 
quarter of an hour. The rectum and urethra labouring under 
irritation. When he discharged the urine, he for the first time pre¬ 
pared himself in the ordinary way. A mild stimulant for the 
kidnies was given, and an emollient injection. 
17 th .—Imitation of the rectum and urethra gone. A natural 
retention of urine; he only voided it twice in the day, and has 
remained perfectly well ever since. 
Solihull, March 12, 1829. 
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