CHAPTER XV. 

 DISEASES OF THE URINARY ORGANS. 



I, NEPHRITIS OR INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS. II. CONGESTION 01< 



THE KIDNEYS. III. CYSTITIS OR INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDEIt. 



IV. .PARALYSIS OF THE BLADDER. V. EVERSION OF THE BLAD- 

 DER. VI. SPASM OF THE NECK OF THE BLADDER. VII. RUPTURE 



OF THE BLADDER.^— VIII. DIABETES INSIPIDUS OR PROFUSE STALING. 



IX. HAEMATURIA OR BLOODY URINE. X. SUPPRESSION OF THE 



URINE OR DYSURIA. XL DRIBBLING OF THE URINE OR ENURESIS. 



XII. STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. XIII. GONORRHOEA OR GLEET. 



XIV. FOUL SHEATH. XV. URINARY CALCULI. XVI. MILLET 



DISEASE OF HORSES. 



Diseases and derangements of the urinary organs are far less common 

 than the majority of people suppose. Whenever a horse has the colic or 

 l)leurisy, the average horseman attributes the pain to the ravages of bots 

 or to .stoppage of the water, and goes to work to start the latter and quiet 

 the former. Many are the nostrums that are given, sometimes harmless 

 and sometimes very irritating and injurious. 



AZOTURIA. 

 Hind quarters paralyzed. Can get up with fore limbs but not with hind limbs. 



Many of the diseases mentioned in this chapter are often seen, by a 

 veterinarian who has an extensive, active practice. Diseases of the kid- 

 neys are either organic or functional, usually the latter. 



I. Nephritis or Inflammation of the Kidneys. 



Causes. — The usual causes are too free use of diuretic medicine, and 

 blistering on the back with fly blister; eating musty hay and kiln-dr..-f>d 



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