DISEASES OF THE URINARY SYSTEM 



DIABETES 



Is rare in the ox. It is practically the same in the ox 

 as in the horse. (See page 63.) 



Remedy. — Change food; nutritious diet with a fair 

 quantity of water. Gentle laxative. Tincture of iodine. 

 Iodide potassium in drinking water. Vegetable tonics. 



For doses, see pages 13 to 29. . 



ALBUMINOUS URINE (ALBUMINURIA), 



Means the presence of albumen in the urine, the mi- 

 croscope revealing "spherical, epithelial cells and granular 

 matter." It is usually the result of cold, injuries, errors 

 of diet, such as too poor or too rich food and congestion 

 or inflammation of some part of the urinary tract. 



Remedy. — House well; good, digestible food. Mustard 

 to loins sometimes beneficial. Cupping over loins in acute 

 inflammation of kidneys. Purges and injections if neces- 

 sary. Digitalis, if ordered by surgeon. 



RED WATER, BLACK WATER, BLOODY URINE, 

 MUIR ILL, &c, 



Are different names for a disease characterized by the 

 emission of red-chocolate or black urine, containing albu- 

 men and the coloring matter of the blood in a broken or 

 disintegrated condition. 



The disease is divided into two kinds — parturient and 

 non-parturient. The former occurs eight or ten days af- 

 ter calving. It is believed to be caused by "a special 

 coccus" (mite), having "a diameter of about half a mil- 



