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ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 



very high colored, sometimes containing blood and even pus ; the legs 

 swell uniformly from the hoofs up ; the pulse is rapid, the bowels costive 

 and the breathing excited ; the horse straddles in his gait ; this, however, 

 is a general characteristic of all diseases of the urinary organs, but in 

 severe inflammation it amounts almost to helplessness. 



There is, however, one test that is constant : there is extreme tender** 

 ness of the bony processes about six inches from the spine in the loins, 

 pressure over the kidneys will show the terrible pain from the crouching 

 attitude the horse assumes. 



TEST FOR INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS. 



If the urine is examined under a microscope, the fibrinous casts of the 

 kidney tubes will be found. In chronic cases, stocking of the legs, casts 

 in the urine, more or less tenderness upon pressure of the loins, and 

 general ill health, may be all that will be observed. 



What to do. — In acute cases, if there is a strong pulse and the animal 

 is full of blood, bleeding may assist a cure. It is not always safe, except 

 under the advice of a veterinarian of modern practice. Bleeding should 

 never be practiced except in the earliest symptoms. Give an active 

 cathartic. 



No. 123. 



1 Drachm calomel, 



4 Drachms powdered aloes, 



Make into a ball with linseed meal and molasses. 



Wrap the loins in woolen blankets and foment thoroughly with an in- 

 fusion of a handful of digitalis leaves in a pail of boiling water, putting 

 it on as warm as the hand will bear it ; or wring a sheep skin out of hot 

 water and apply the flesh side, changing as often as may be necessary. 



