32 COMPLICATED DIURESIS. 



IJ Iodide of Potassium, . . . 2 dr. 



Common mass, as much as sufficient to make a ball. One 

 daily to horse with diuresis. 



Armenian Bole has been prescribed with good effect by 

 Hertwig, Heckmeyer, and others. Delwart has found two- 

 ounce doses of creasote, in water, of great benefit. He has 

 also prescribed iron and carbonate of soda in water. In obsti- 

 nate cases the tincture of cantharides has been given in half- 

 ounce doses in mucilaginous decoctions. Leblanc recom- 

 mends substituting linseed tea for water as a beverage, and 

 if the animals have a tendency to lick the walls, &c., he adds 

 magnesia to the tea. In severe cases he has found much 

 good to be derived from the administration of the aqueous 

 extract of rhatany, which is probably not better than other 

 vegetable astringents. 



Complicated diuresis is a condition which I have wit- 

 nessed in overworked animals. It has been seen by Hering 

 and Perosino after an attack of strangles. The difference 

 between this and simple diuresis is the frequent high colour 

 of the urine, with a peculiar slimy character and strong 

 odour. I regard this disease as the azoturia of Willis or 

 ureous diuresis of other authors, due either to " a too rapid 

 disentegration of tissues, or a defective assimilation of food." 



The symptoms are very similar to those of simple diuresis, 

 only the emaciation is more rapid, and in animals much re- 

 duced by hard work, the disease is speedily fatal. It is 

 remarkable to notice the extent to which the muscles of the 

 body will waste in a few days. The ligamentum nuchae is 

 easily felt in a tense cord; there is an anxious expression of 

 countenance, and severe prostration. 



The treatment of this disease consists in the use of as- 

 tringent tonics, mineral acids, easily digested food, and per- 

 fect rest. 



