STRANGURY. iGf 



tation of cure can be indulged ; but more 

 particularly in the former, with which ap- 

 proaches certain death. When the kidneys 

 become totally inadequate to their general 

 purpose, a suppression and general stagna- 

 tion consequently ensue^ the loss of the ani- 

 mal becoming inevitable ; and although re- 

 lief is sometimes most expeditiously obtain- 

 ed, in an inflammation of the parts, by a 

 gentle method above directed, yet in an ul- 

 ceration much is not left to hope. In this 

 case there is visible pain and disquietude, 

 the evacuation, is not totally suppressed, 

 being only at times temporarily obstructed ; 

 it frequently alters its appearance, beinsj 

 sometimes thick, depositing a turbid sedi- 

 ment, as if impregnated with membranous 

 matter ; at other times tinsfed with bloody 

 the evident effect of a corroded solution of 

 the diseased part. In this instance the fol- 

 lowing balls or drink only can be relied on, 

 for any expectation of permanent relief or 

 probable mitigation : 



Take of myrrh one ounce ; Castile soap aud Locatelli^s 

 balsam each three ounces; nitre and aniseed (in 

 powder) each two ounces ; balsana of Peru, six 



