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effected a marked diminution in the amount of urine passed; but as 

 the post mortem proved the horse was the subject of general con- 

 sumption (tuberculosis), both lungs presenting the most remark- 

 able specimens of diffuse miliary tubercle we ever saw, and all the 

 internal organs were more or less affected; this, therefore, and 

 not the diabetes, was the cause of death; but it is deserving of 

 special attention that notwithstanding these complications, the 

 remedy administered for the diabetes was able to exercise the de- 

 sired effect in some degree; and it would we think, justify us in 

 the conclusion that in uncomplicated diabetes insipidus, Scilla is a 

 promising medicine The symptoms of this malady are greenish 

 blue color of the visible mucous membranes; faeces constipated; 

 temperature rather under than over the normal 98.5 degrees; the 

 skin dry, the coat harsh and staring; pulse soft and weak gen- 

 erally about 50; urination excessively profuse without any color- 

 ing material in it; thirst specially marked, and appetite precarious 

 and changeable. In the treatment of this malady there is one 

 point worthy of notice; if, as is the case sometimes, there is 

 distinct evidence that the digestive organs are at fault Muriate of 

 Ura7iiiim 3X trituration is a serviceable remedy and preferable to 

 others already prescribed. 



CYSTITIS. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE URINARY BLADDER. 



This in the horse is of rare occurrence as a natural disease; 

 when it does arise there is as a rule some extraneous cause to 

 account for it, such as the irritation which the presence of a cal- 

 culus (stone) would produce; and it is worth while to make a 

 special note of this fact, lest the symptoms which in all cases 

 differ but little, should lead anyone to attempt a cure by the 

 internal administration of drugs when a stone was the cause of the 

 difficulty; under such conditions nothing but failure and disap- 

 pointment would accrue, and it would provide the enemy (allo- 

 paths') with a fine opportunity to point the finger of scorn at 

 Homoeopathy generally; when a stone is present in the bladder, a 

 fact which is easily confirmed by manipulation of the organ per 

 rectum, the only satisfactory method of treatment is removal by 



