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Spanish flies are here questionable, from an alleged disposi- 

 tion in them to stimulate the kidneys. Turpentine, for the 

 same reason, should not be applied ; but no such fear pre- 

 vents the use of liquor ammonia, in the manner before 

 directed, when treating of enteritis : neither can any objec- 

 tion be formed to the application of a simple mustard poul- 

 tice, which may be renewed every two hours ; and, if a 

 newly-stripped sheepskin be laid upon the place the liquor 

 ammonia or mustard poultice has occupied, the activity of 

 each will be increased. Without any attempts at actual 

 diaphoresis, which would increase the action of the heart 

 and arteries, we should attempt to moderately determine 

 the blood to the skin and the limbs by clothing, friction, 

 and bandaging up the extremities ; as well also by consi- 

 derately nauseating the stomach with white hellebore. Dilu- 

 ting liquors are among the best means of lessening inflam- 

 mation, for which reason a pail of tepid gruel should be 

 kept constantly in the manger. These cases, however, gene- 

 rally last some time, during the whole of which the efforts 

 should be continued, and exertion only relax as death, from 

 known and well-marked signs, appears certain. 



HEMATURIA, OR SO-CALLED RED WATER, IN NEAT CATTLE. 



Red water, which is the cowleech's and grazier's name 

 for what is now usually considered as the consequence 

 of inflammation of the kidneys, is much more common 

 among horned cattle than it is among horses : while, in 

 some cases, it has been observed to be accompanied by an 

 aft'ection of the bowels also. Graziers attribute it to low 

 damp situations. Or the eating of particular herbage is 

 very generally assigned as a cause, which by the acrid quali- 

 ties are supposed to injure the secreting structure of the 

 kidneys. It is also known to follow great alternations of 

 temperature in a marked manner : in some instances it has 

 been attributed to drinking impure water, particularly that 

 which is found in peat mosses. 



The symptoms and treatment of inflamed kidneys do 

 not differ from those observed in the horse : the urine, at 

 first almost suppressed, soon in cattle becomes bloody, 

 whence its name of red water : and as the disease advances, 

 particularly if it terminates fatally, the urine becomes 



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