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from it (1) by the nature of the urine ; (2) and by the history of 

 the case. 



TREATMENT. — Place the horse in a large, well-ventilated box 

 and give him plenty of water to drink. If he can stand in slings, 

 put him in them. As he is very restless in this disease; he 

 will, if allowed to lie down, knock himself about, and by doing 

 so, will greatly increase the pain and excitement. Besides, the 

 fact of his lying down, is very apt to induce fatal congestion of 

 the lungs. In some cases, however, he will be quite unable to 

 support himself with his hind legs, and, consequently, would fall 

 back in the slings, if they were employed. Theory and the 

 results of experience indicate that bleeding, say, to the extent 

 of three or four quarts of blood, will be advisable. To encourage 

 the elimination of broken-up matters from the blood, we should 

 back-rake the animal (p. 638), give an enema (p. 632), and inject 

 eserine (p. 609), which can be repeated, as may be required. 

 Eserine has the immense advantage, in this disease, of acting with 

 remarkable quickness. If eserine is not available, we may give a 

 ball of aloes, or a pound of Epsom salts in a couple of quarts of 

 water, and as much water as the horse will drink. Foment the 

 loins and hind quarters with warm water, or apply a large hot bran 

 poultice over the loins. Clothe the animal so as to encourage his 

 skin to act. 



The urine should be drawn off by means of a catheter from time 

 to time, unless the horse urinates freely. Or we may empty the 

 bladder by applying pressure on it with the flat of the hand, after 

 having passed the hand into the rectum. 



On the next and following days, give ounce doses of sweet 

 spirits of nitre, mixed in cold water, three times a day. If there 

 be subsequent constipation, give a pint and a half of linseed oil. 



" Kas has treated 16 cases of hsemoglobinuria in the horse with 

 the drug recommended by Metzger of Furtwangen. This drug 

 is potassium bromide. In 15 cases complete recovery took place, 

 most on the 2nd or 3rd day, and the longest on the 5th 

 day. The 16th case had a relapse and ended fatally. Kas gave 

 2J to 2| ounces of potassium bromide in about half to three- 

 quarters of a pint of water, which dose in very severe cases was 

 repeated on the second day." (" Veterinary Record.") 



Rackow advises the intra-tracheal injection (p. 635) of 5 grains 

 of iodine and 25 grains of iodide of potassium in an ounce of water 

 daily for three or four days. He states that all his cases which 

 were treated in this way, made perfect recoveries. 



Dieckerhoff, after giving a purgative, administers from one 

 to two pounds of bicarbonate of soda on the first day, according to 



