CHAPTER Vn. 



SttBASES OF THE LIVEB, UBINABY OBOANS, BTO. 



AACNDICE. n. KNLARGEMEKT OF THB SPLEEN. IH. INFLAMMATION OF THE KD. 



KEYS. IV. PROFUSE STALING, OR DIABETES. V. BLOODY URINE, OR HEMATURIA, 



VI. THICK AND ALBUMINOUS URINE. VII. WHITE, OR LIME URINE. VIII. 



«RAVEL, OR STONE IN THE BLADDER. IX. SUPPRESSION OP URINE. X. INFLAMMA- 

 TION OF THE BLADDER. XI. FOUL SHEATH. XII. RUPTURE OP THB BLADDER. 



•Kta. SPASM OF THE URETHRA. XIV. INFLAMMATION OP THE ORGANS OF GENERATION. 



I. Jaundice. 



The horse is subject to but few diseases of the liver. Jaundice or the 

 yellows, is a condition in which the visible mucous membranes, the skin 

 (if it be naturally white) the urine and the tissues are stained yellow, 

 not by non-secretion of the bile from the blood, but by the re-absorption 

 of bile already secreted. 



Causes. — Obstruction of the bile duct from any cause. Obstruction of 

 the bowels hindering the proper discharge of the bile. Diminished 

 fullness of the capillary vessels of the liver from obstruction of the 

 hepatic artery or aorta. And from undue secretion of the bile in cases 

 of congestion of the liver. 



In solid hoofed animals the blood is easily dissolved. In flesh-eating 

 unimals it is not so. Hence, although there is often a jaundiced appeals 

 ance of the membranes in horses, it is comparatively harmless. 



How to know it. — There will be a general coloration of the tissues. 

 The mucous membrane will be yellow. The urine will be yellow. In 

 obstruction of the bile duct the dung will be fetid, and of a clay color 

 from being devoid of bile. 



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