754 SPORADIC DISEASES. 



glands, treatment of albuminous urine can only be ]3a,lliative, 

 relieving the kidneys as much as possible from the labour of 

 elimination, by keeping the bowels in a relaxed condition by 

 proper food, the skin warm, avoiding exposure to cold, and 

 preventing anaemia by mineral tonics or the mineral acids, and 

 putting the animal to such labour as it is capable of performing. 

 When arising from other than disease of the kidney, albumi- 

 nous urine, which is but a symptom, will disappear as the causes 

 of such diseases are removed. 



FLOATING KIDNEY. 



I have met with one case where the right kidney in a cat 

 was situated subcutaneously between the two last ribs. Sup- 

 posed to be a tumour which had arisen in consequence of a 

 bite from a dog, it was removed by me early in 1879 ; and, what 

 is most interesting, the cat was none the worse of the operation, 

 and is alive at the present time and as well as ever. 



HiEMATURIA — RENAL CALCULI. 



Tlie occurrence of blood in the urine is due to a variety of 

 circumstances, as acute congestion, degenerations already de- 

 scribed, cancers, melanosis, and to the presence of calculi. 



Eenal calculi in the horse are composed of the carbonate of 

 lime, and their presence is discoverable by the condition of the 

 urine, which is charged with earthy materials, and by intermit- 

 ting discharges of blood, occasional colicky pains, more especially 

 after the animal has been severely worked or exercised. They 

 are, however, exceedingly rare, and are best treated by the ad- 

 ministration of hydrochloric acid, by the avoidance of food and 

 water rich in saline matters, and by keeping the digestive and 

 secretory functions well regulated by diet, careful grooming and 

 exercise when admissible, and the avoidance of hard, calcareous 

 water. In some instances the calculi become impacted in the 

 ureters, inducing a more or less rapid degeneration of the kidney 

 and suppuration within its substance, causing extreme agony 

 and death. If the ureter becomes much dilated, the dilatation 

 may be discovered by an examination ]oer rectum, in the form 

 of a fluctuating swelling upon either side of the pelvis. 



