84 BUKEAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



A liorse that has had one attack should uever.be left idle for a sinolc 

 day in the stall or barnyard. When a horse has been condemned to 

 absolute repose on good feeding he may have a laxative (one-half to 1 

 pound Glauber's salts), and have graduated exercise, beginning with 

 a shoi-t walk and increasing day by day. 



Treatment. — The treatment of the mild cases may consist in a laxa- 

 tive, graduated daily exercise, and a daily dose of saltpeter (1 ounce). 

 Sudden atta<;ks will sometimes promptly subside if taken on the in- 

 stant and the subject kept still and calmed by a dose of bromide of 

 potassium (4 drams) and sweet spirits of niter (1 ounce). The latter 

 has the advantage of increasing the secretion of the kidneys. Iodide 

 of potassium in one-half ounce doses every four hours has succeeded 

 well in some hands. In severe cases, as a rule, it is desirable to begin 

 treatment by a dose of aloes (4 to 6 drams) with the above-named 

 dose of bromide of potassium, and this latter may be continued at 

 intervals of four or six hours, as may be requisite to calm the nervous 

 excitement. Fomentations with warm water over the loins are always 

 useful in calming the excitable conditions of the spinal cord, nuiscles, 

 liver, and kidneys, and also in favoring secretion from the two latter. 

 On the second day diuretics may be resorted to, such as saltpeter one- 

 half ounce, and powdered colchicum one-half dram, to be repeated 

 twice daily. A laxative may be repeated in three or four da3's should 

 the bowels seem to demand it, and as the nervous excitement disap- 

 pears, any remaining muscular weakness or paralysis maj^ be treated 

 by one-half dram doses of nux vomica twice a day and a stimulating 

 liniment (aqua ammonia and sweet oil in equal proportions)^-ubbed on 

 the torpid muscles. 



During the course of the disease friction to the limbs is useful, and 

 in the advanced paralytic stage the application of electricity along the 

 line of the affected muscles. When the patient can not stand he must 

 have a thick, soft bed, and should be turned from side to side at least 

 every twelve hours. As soon as he can be made to stand he may be 

 helped up and even supported in a sling. 



ACUTE INFIAMIMATION OF THE KIDNEYS, OR ACUTE NEPHRITIS. 



Inflammations of the kidneys have been differentiated widely, accord- 

 ing as they were acute or chronic, parench3^matous or tubal, suppura- 

 tive or not, with increased or shrunken kidney, etc. ; but in a work like 

 the present, utility will be consulted by classing all under acute or 

 chronic inflammation. 



Causes. — The causes of inflammation of the kidneys are extremely 

 varied. Congestion occurs from the altered and irritant products passed 

 through these organs during recovery from inflammations of other 

 organs and during fevers. This ma}^ last onlj^ during the existence of 

 its cause, or may persist and become aggravated. Heart disease, throw- 



