126 DISEASES OF 



Symptoms. There is a frequent desire to urinate, but 

 at each attempt only a small quantity is passed; frequent- 

 ly, a few drops only, every few minutes. In this respect 

 it differs altogether from the disease last described 

 Polyurea. There is often considerable uneasiness, 

 which is shown by the frequent changing of the posi- 

 tion of the hind feet. The urine is apt to be of a yellow 

 cream color from an admixture of mucus with it. In 

 severe cases the pain will become more severe and con- 

 tinuous, and there will be a loss of appetite, with fast 

 breathing and accelerated pulse. 



Treatment The bowels should be kept regular by 

 the use of warm water and soap injections twice a day. 

 The following to be made into a ball and given twice a 

 day: Sulphate of iron, half a dram, calomel, half a dram, 

 gentian, two drams, linseed meal, two drams. Twenty 

 drops of dilute sulphuric acid may be advantageously 

 given in the water three times a day. In cases where 

 the urine is markedly acid, give a teaspoonful of the bi- 

 carbonate of soda three times a day in the water. See 

 that the food is clean and sweet smelling. The diet 

 may be changed to advantage in many cases. 



It will be often found that this disease is very slow 

 to disappear, but perseverance in the above methods of 

 treatment will in nearly all cases be followed by a per- 

 manent cure. If there are calculi or stones in the bladder, 

 it will be necessary to remove them before recovery can 

 take place. 



CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. 

 RHEUMATISM. 



THIS disease is much more common in the domestic 



