OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



IN HEALTH AND DISEASE, 



CHAPTER XL 



THE STBUCTUEE, FUNCTIONS, AND DISEASES OF THE 

 UEINAEY SYSTEM. 



Subdivisions of the urinary system. Kidneys Shape in different animals 

 Internal structure Medullary and cortical portion. Malphigian bodies. 

 The ureters. The bladder. The urethra. The prostate gland. The 

 urine Acid in carnivora Alkaline in herbivora. Specific gravity of 

 urine Amount of water varies. Urea. Oxalate of urea. Uric acid. 

 Hippuric acid. Extractive matters. Pigmentary matters. Inorganic 

 salts. Composition of the urine of the horse, ox, pig, goat, and dog. 

 Morbid urine Its specific gravity. Urinometer. Reaction of urine. 

 Alkality of urine. Urine in disease. Blood and albumen in urine. Bile 

 in urine Colouring matter of bile. Sugar and pus in urine. Diseases 

 of urinary organs. Simple diuresis Causes Symptoms Treatment. 

 Complicated diuresis Symptoms. Treatment. Diabetes mellitus. 

 Honey diabetes. Saccharine diabetes. Tschuria. Dysuria. Strangury. 

 Suppression and retention of urine. Albuminuria. Nephritis. Cystitis. 

 Lithiasis. Calculi of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. 



WE have shown, in the foregoing pages, how a portion of the 

 materials of the primary digestion entered the lacteals, and 

 joined the general circulation, and how a small, yet by no 

 means insignificant portion, passed through the alimentary 

 canal almost unchanged. We have traced the elaboration of 

 the chyle into pure blood; we have shown how, in addition to 



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