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strurnent with bluntish point much less liable to lose its way than 
the thin American one—fit only to pass in the stretched urethra 
of a bull. 
Have you vaginitis or cystitis following, treat them on general 
principles. Host the bladder by the use of purgatives, sheath it 
by the administration of mucilaginous drinks, soothe it by warm 
rectal injections, and you may, do you deem it necessary, supple¬ 
ment these means by washing out the bladder through the cathe¬ 
ter. What food? ISo food for forty-eight hours, then food pool 
in nitrogen. Preventive measures: thorough ventilation, good 
drainage, good grooming, regular exercise, even if the hired man 
has to be sent out sleighing, and a diminished ration if the quiet, 
ude is imperative. 
You will find the question as to the use of nerve stimulants 
and blisters discussed in the scanty and disgraceful veterinary 
literature of this subject. Their use could only arise from a 
mistaken notion regarding the pathology of the condition, and I 
would take this opportunity of saying that if you would aid in 
the advance (now so great) of veterinary science in this country, 
you must go to comparative medical literature for aid. You art' 
not competent to treat diseases of the lower animals unless you 
are able to appreciate human pathology. Confine yourselves to 
the scanty pabulum afforded you by veterinary literature, you 
will be routine practitioners at best, groping in the dark, not after 
science but dollars, and although the ability you may discover in 
finding these last may be a surprise to your neighbors and your¬ 
selves, you will never benefit your chosen profession one ha’worth ; 
nay, yon will aid to drag it down, to clip its wings and keep if 
where it has been so long, in the dog-eared volume of “ Every Man 
His Own Horse Doctor,” in the chest where the blacksmith keeps 
his spare nails and oakum, or the livery stable man his winter 
blankets. 
If you can do no more, make a careful record of facts and 
publish them every once in a while, for those more favored by 
circumstances to draw inferences from. Report your unsuccessful 
cases, as well as those redounding to your credit, and so aid in 
suppressing the worm in the tongue, the wolf in the tail, and the 
salt mackerel for the loss of cud of our generation. 
