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the pelvis. The distension is a fluctuating or resilient one. The longer 

 the condition is left unrelieved the more urgent will be the symptoms on 

 account of the continuance of the secretion of urine, and, if left unrelieved 

 ureamic poisoning may result as previously described. 



Treatment. — Sometimes pressure with the hand through the rectum or 

 vagina will cause expulsion of the bladder contents. If this fails the 

 catheter should be passed without delay and about half the urine removed- 

 If the distended bladder be wholly emptied at one time serious results may 

 follow. The blood vessels in the lining being suddenly deprived of the 

 support caused by the pressure of the contained urine, to which they have 

 become accustomed, will become dilated and many actually rupture, causing 

 immediate discharge of bloody urine and ultimately, perhaps, a serious in- 

 flammation (cystitis). 



Bloody Urine. 



The presence of actual blood in the urine must be carefully distin- 

 guished from the presence only of the colouring matter of the blood such as 

 occurs in so-called red water. In the former case the red blood corpuscles 

 should be easily distinguishable on microscopic examination. 



Bloody urine may be due to any of the causes previously mentioned or 

 to a rupture of the lining of some part of the urinarv passage caused by 

 overstrain during exertion. 



Treatment. — Tincture of iron (perchloride) in one or two dram doses 

 may be given in a pint of starch or linseed mucilage, along with three or 

 four drams of dissolved aloes. The iron to lessen the haemorrhage, the 

 mucilage as a soothing agent, and the aloes as a laxative to mitigate the 

 tendency to inflammation. The iron and mucilage may be repeated twice 

 a day until the condition is overcome. In obstinate cases a sedative and 

 styptic fluid may be injected into the bladder by means of a catheter, e.g., 

 Tincture of iron half an ounce, decoction of poppies one ounce, warm 

 water, in which is dissolved half an ounce of gum arable, one pint. 



Thick Urine. 



This term is applied to the urine when it contains (a) excess of urea 

 and other urine salts causing a powdery sediment to deposit on standing, 

 {})) excess of albumen or mucus causing it to be slimy and to deposit a 

 mucoid sediment. 



Excess of Urea, &c., results from unusual exercise imposed suddenly, 

 and is merely a sign of considerable tissue-change in the body, the kidneys 

 being called upon to quickh^ remove the large amount of waste products 

 resulting therefrom and circulating in the blood. It need not be interfered 

 with except it persists over a few days when a tablespoonful of saltpetre 

 mixed with a mash will usually set things right. 



Albumen is also found in the urine after hard work and except it is 

 present in excessive quantity, which is a rare thing, no alarm need be 

 occasioned. An occasional dose of sweet spirit of nitre diluted with water 

 used to damp the feed will be beneficial in such cases. 



(The remaining urinary organs are common to the generative organs,, 

 and their diseases will be dealt with under that head.) 



The Index of Vol. v. will be supplied with the first number of Vol. vi.. viz. 

 8th January, 1908. 



