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Kidneys (Inflammation of, Acute) : 



Symptoms : The attack generally comes on 

 suddenly ; may arise from severe chill, but 

 generally the result of stone in the kidneys. 

 There is great pain over the loins ; the dog 

 walks with difficulty and arched back ; the tem- 

 perature rises 3 or 4 degs. above normal ; the 

 pulse is quick and full ; the urine is high- 

 coloured and scanty — sometimes it is the colour 

 of blood, and mixed with mucus and pus ; the 

 limbs may swell from dropsy, and the dog is 

 very thirsty and often frequently sick. 



Treatment : Give saline purgative medicine, 

 as Epsom salts, from twenty grains to one 

 ounce * in warm milk ; repeat the next or 

 following day. Also give every four hours 

 from five to thirty grains l of hyposulphite of 

 soda in a little water. As to food, it should 

 consist principally of milk mixed with equal 

 parts of Vichy water, and a little boiled fish. 

 If sickness very severe, give from half to two 

 drops * of diluted hydrocyanic acid in a tea- 

 spoonful of water every two, three, or four hours, 

 and ice to lick. After the acute stages have 

 passed, give tonics, as the ammoniated citrate 

 of iron, from one to five grains, 1 three times a 

 day, in from one teaspoonful l to a tablespoonful 

 of water. 



Kidneys (Inflammation of, Chronic) : 



Symptoms : May be the sequel of an acute 

 attack or a less severe chill, and sometimes it 

 is caused by gravel. There is tenderness over 

 1 According to the size of the dog. See p. 86. 



