292 URINARY ORGANS GENERALLY. [BOOK II. 



fever powder, No. 2, at page 190, and afterwards 

 the same made into a ball, daily. 



DISEASES OF THE URINARY ORGANS. 



Besides the foregoing main diseases of the kid- 

 neys and bladder, there are several other conjoint 

 affections of the same organs, or parts dependant 

 thereon, which require notice, and demand atten- 

 tion, while we examine the distinctions that ought 

 to be drawn between the one set and the other. 

 Mistakes as to the actual seat of disorders are more 

 dangerous than the unskilful administering of me- 

 dicines, for these might do good by accident, but 

 the former we know never can be applied properly : 

 the better the " receipt" may be, the worse for the 

 horse. Few of these lesser diseases are original, 

 but arise from some defect or ill- cured disorder in 

 the other parts of the animal's system. They may 

 be considered under the heads — 1. Diabetes, or 

 excessive discharge of urine. 2. Bloody urine. 

 3. Calculi, or stone. 4. Strangury, or collapsion 

 of neck of the bladder. 5. Suppression of urine, al- 

 ready mentioned. Well aware that the ingenuity of 

 some doctors has enabled them to subdivide these, 

 and to augment the number of diseases incident to 

 the kidneys, ureters, and bladder ; but, omitting 

 these, and those which attach to the organs of ge- 

 neration in breeding animals, and also those seated 

 higher up, we shall merely mention the communica- 

 tion of acute pains to the more vital parts, by means 



