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softened condition in the living horse, they are exceedingly- 

 prone to become lacerated or ruptured in their tissues if the 

 animal be put to greater exertion than ordinary. The blood, 

 ho^Yever, which is mixed with the urine, and which is the charac- 

 teristic feature of the malady, does not in all eases come from 

 the kidneys. In a case which very lately came under my treat- 

 ment, and which I carefully examined after death, I discovered 

 that the blood had been exuded principally from the inner sur- 

 face of the ureters. 



The patient was an aged cab mare, and the bleeding came 

 on in consequence of the animal being exerted beyond her 

 strength. The appearance of the blood was very singular, and 

 worthy of notice. It was coagulated in the nrine, and every 

 time the animal parted with water the blood came away in rolls, 

 the length and thickness of which was about that of a black- 

 lead drawing pencil. This led me in the first instance to suspect 

 that the blood came from the ureters. The patient, in conse- 

 quence of being very old, was destroyed, and the post mortem 

 examination confirmed my surmise : the ureters were injured, 

 and also filled with coagulated blood ; the kidneys were softened, 

 but not otherwise deranged. 



Another case which came under my care was that of a very 

 old draught horse. The animal was injured in consequence of 

 being compelled to drag a heavy load of manure through a 

 quantity of soft clay. The blood came away in small irregular 

 formed clots. The subject of this case recovered under the use 

 of cold water cloths applied across the loins, associated with 

 rest, and the internal use of lactic acid. 



Teeatmeis^t. — All that can be done in the generality of 

 cases may prove but temporary. If the patient is old, and the 

 kidneys softened, more than temporary relief cannot be expected. 



