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the horse, knocking it down and bruising it very 

 much over the loins. The horse was gotten up 

 with difficulty and walked very stiff. Shortly after 

 it was noticed to be passing blood with its urine, 

 and passed blood without urine. On the following 

 morning the animal was in a high fever, and pass- 

 ing considerable blood. I ordered cold water to 

 the loins, and gave one dram acetate of lead, one 

 dram powdered opium, and ten drops Fleming's 

 tincture of aconite at a dose every three hours, 

 until four doses were given. The bleeding ceased 

 and the animal seemed better. It was kept quiet 

 and got boiled flaxseed mixed in bran mash, and 

 in two weeks was able to resume its work. There 

 are slighter cases of hematuria, in which the horse 

 is stiff, and when made to move is sore over the 

 loins, and there may be fever and loss of power of 

 the hind legs and the passing of a little blood, 

 which clots on the floor as the urine separates from 

 it. The following prescription will be found of 

 service: Acetate of lead thirty grains, acetate of 

 zinc thirty grains, catechu two drams. Mix and 

 give at one dose in a ball or gruel. Repeat three 

 times a day until checked. Give the animal plenty 

 of cold water to drink and keep it as quiet as pos- 

 sible. In some cases a horse that has had its kid- 

 neys injured is very liable to pass blood if it is 

 put to fast work or drawing heavy loads, and is 

 unsound. 



Idiopathic Hematuria is a disease observed un- 

 der a great variety of circumstances. It occurs 

 among horses, cattle and sheep, as an enzootic dis- 



