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CTCIX)PEDIA OP LTTE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



oats ; getting chilled by standing under the eaves where water drips upon 

 the loins ; and extension to the kidneys of inflammation of surrounding 

 parts from blows and other injuries. 



How to know it. — There will be very profuse sweating, great pain from 

 the inelastic character of the capsule covering the kidneys ; the horse strad- 

 dles in walking, and is loth to move ; high fever ; elevated pulse, temper- 

 ature and respiration ; heat and a slight humping up of the back : great 

 tenderness upon pressure in the region of the loins, especially when ap- 

 plied to the sides just under the transverse spines of the loins ; the pain 

 is colicky in character, and more severe at times than at others ; he looks 

 around to his flanks and is almost continually trying to stale, and passing 

 a little at a time, and that very red and thick, sometimes mixed with 

 blood and pus. It runs on to suppuration, and sometimes to gangrene, 

 and death. When once well set in, it is very hard to control. 



INFLAMMATION OP THE KIDNEYS. 



What to do. — Examine the case carefully to Ije certain of the location 

 of the trouble ; then apply hot water rugs across the loins continuously 

 for several days. Give internally a quart of raw linseed oil. As soon as 

 this is well down, give recipe No. 30, and follow it up every two hours. 

 If no relief comes in the course of five or six hours, give copious muci- 

 laginous drinks in the form of flaxseed tea and slippery elm l)ark. Clothe 

 warmly, to encourage sweating. Freshly-flayed sheepskin may be laid 

 across the loins, or mustard paste may be rub])ed into the hair, and the 

 rags applied over it. Feed on short, laxative diet. Avoid diuretics 

 strenuously, especially nitre and spirits of nitre. Give anodyne injections 

 of warm water and one ounce of laudanum, once an hour. Keep the 

 patient quiet and avoid over-feeding. 



