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cart-horses with heavy loads to draw or to support down hill, 

 hunters in taking extraordinary leaps, and other animals from 

 blows and other acts of violence, sustain injury to the kidneys, 

 whereby blood is discharged. In calculous disorders bloody 

 urine is not unfrequently discharged. 



Traumatic hsematuria is characterised by symptoms of 

 pain in the lumbar region, feverish excitement, sometimes 

 paralysis of the hind quarters, and the blood discharged clots. 

 It is apt to separate from the urine on the floor, so that the 

 colour of the urine is not a uniform red as in cases of enzoo- 

 tic hsematuria. 



Owing to the difficulty in healing of some renal wounds, 

 we find some horses after severe attacks of hsematuria liable 

 to a recurrence of the disease, if subjected to any extraordinary 

 exertion. Such relapsing hsematuria renders an animal un- 

 sound, and indeed useless. 



Treatment in traumatic hsematuria consists in keeping 

 the animal quiet, pouring cold water over the loins, or giving 

 a cold water injection, and administering internally; should 

 the hsematuria persist, acetate of lead, sulphate of iron, 

 sesquichloride of iron, tannin, catechu, or other mineral or 

 vegetable astringent. 



The following prescriptions are of service : 



Ij^ Acetate of lead . .. . 10 gr. 



Acetate of zinc . . . . J dr. 



Catechu . . ... 2 dr. 



Common mass as much as sufficient to make into a ball. 

 A similar dose to be repeated for several days if necessary; 

 or, 



Tannin . . . . ; . . , i dr. 

 Powdered catechu . . . . 1 dr. 

 Powdered opium . . . . 1 dr. 



