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Stimulation of the region of the 

 loins also undoubtedly has a favour- 

 able effect, and should always be 

 practised, particularly where peri- 

 nephritis is developing. It may check 

 the course of the disease and pre- 

 vent the formation of abscesses. On 

 slaughtering animals suffering as 

 above described the layer of tissue 

 surrounding the kidney is found to 

 be lardaceous and fibro-fatty. 



Any treatment through the bladder 

 is contra-indicated, for even the pas- 

 sage of a catheter may cause severe 

 injury of the urethra or the vesical 

 mucous membrane and produce a 

 fatal aggravation. 



If these conditions are diagnosed 

 early, while the function of the kidney 

 is more or less preserved, and if the 

 animal is still in good condition, it 

 should be slaughtered. 



THE KIDNEY WORM (SCLEROS- 

 TOMA PINGUICOLA) OF SWINE.* 



In the United States of America a 

 worm is frequently found in the fat 

 surrounding the kidneys of pigs, and 

 is supposed by farmers to be the cause 

 of paralysis of the hind limbs. 



This so-called kidney worm of 

 hogs {Sclerostoma piiuinicola) should 

 not be confounded with the kidney 



* From Eeport of the U.S.A. Bureau 

 of Animal Industry, 1899, p. 612. (Louise 

 Taylor.) 



Fig. 232. — Sclerostovia innguicola. External 

 view of female, a, Male, natural size ; h, fe- 

 male, natural size ; r, mouth ; cl, buccal 

 cavity ; e, oesophagus ; /, intestine ; g, anus ; 7;, 

 genital opening ; i, genital tract ; h, cephalic 

 gland. (Louise Taylor, Annual Report, Bureau 

 of Animal Industrv, 1899, p. 614.) 



