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On the other hand, if the unassimilated prin- 

 ciple gains access to the blood, it is as soon as 

 possible carried to the kidneys, and by them ex- 

 pelled. The animal frequently voids his urine. 

 It will be frequently fonnd to contain modified 

 albumen, and even blood, and this accounts for 

 the excessive number of cases of diabetes or 

 profuse staling and albuminuria which have come 

 under my notice during my residence in Glasgow. 



Such cases are so common that they are con- 

 sidered trivial, and no doubt are, primarily ; but 

 when the errors of diet are allowed to proceed, 

 they become marked by such characters as in the 

 man wine-bibber and gourmand, or epicure, are 

 modified, and appear as dyspepsia, biliousness, 

 severe headache, piles, &c., a tolerable bloating of 

 the countenance, with enlargement of the abdo- 

 men, which generally signifies organic disease. 



The horse when suffering from these conditions 

 is usually well drugged while at work, and as the 

 same kind of feeding is persisted in, medicines 

 repeatedly follow the aliment, the animal loses 

 condition, and we may trace numerous instances 

 of farcy and glanders to this as an undoubted 

 cause. 



Other terminations are dilated stomach, broken 

 wind, congested, or schirrus liver, calculi (or 

 stones) in the intestines, recurrent colic, organic 

 disease of the kidneys and bladder, or probably 

 speedy death from over-distention and fermenta- 

 tion of the contained food, causing rupture of the 



