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SPORADIC DISEASES. 



witliout a due admixture of otlier food. I am not aware that 

 locust beans were ever known to cause it, and the qviantity of 

 saccharine matter in them is very great indeed. Again, it is 

 very satisfactorily proved that when turnips are grown on well- 

 drained and properly manured land, they do not cause the disease, 

 provided the season in which they are grown has not been un- 

 usually wet, and if they are used in moderation ; but when given 

 indiscriminately, and without due admixture with other food, 

 such turnips are almost sure to induce the malady. Indeed, it 

 may very properly be concluded that red water is due to insuffi- 

 cient feeding. The food may be sufficiently abundant in quantity, 

 but it is defective in quality, the result of such deficiency 

 being the breaking np of the blood and tissues, whereby tliey 

 are excreted or expelled from the body as so much effete 

 material. 



Pathology. — Examinations of the urine in this disease have led 

 to no very definite results. Professor Simonds named the 

 disease ha3mo-albuminuria, from the fact that the urine always 

 contained albumen. 



In the Veterinarian for June 1840 an analysis is reported by 

 ]\Ir. Hughes, a student. The analysis was made in the previoua 

 January, and is as follows : — 



Melativc proportion of tlic different Substances in an Tmpierial 

 Pint of Urine. 



