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KIDNEYS, DISEASE OF. 





SYMPTOMS OF DISEASES OF THE 

 UKINAKY ORGANS. 



in the engraving below, is not peculiar to any one disorder of the kid- 

 neys more than to another, but when it is seen it is always the result 



of some disorder of the kidneys. 



Gravel. Calculi, stony or gritty 

 matter formed in tlie kidneys, wliich 

 passes olY in the urine. It causes 

 some irregularity in making water. 



Treatment. Give 35 drops of mu- 

 riatic acid, in a pailful of water to 

 drink, and repeat twice a week. 



Bloody urine should be treated by 



placing warm water cloths over the 



back, above the kidneys, and giving 



flaxseed tea to drink, which will 



soothe the parts. When old horses 



are troubled Avith kidney diseases 



they can be helped a great deal by 



giving soft feed, such as boiled or 



steamed feed, or newly cut grass, with 



flaxseed tea and plenty of good cold 



water to drink at all times. 



Inflammation of the bladder. Symptoms almost the same as those of 



inflammation of the kidneys. The tenderness is found when the horse 



is pressed upon under the flanks. 



Treatment about the same as for inflammation of the kidneys, 

 which see. Give a quart of raw linseed oil or other pliysic, as for in- 

 flammation of the kidneys. 



Inflammation of the kidneys is caused 

 by bad provender, hard work, slipping, 

 taking a sudden cold, after a hard 

 day's work or drive, or after being un- 

 der the saddle for a long time; and, 

 also, by an indiscriminate use of nitre 

 or other diuretics. 



Symptoms. Quickened and short 

 breathing, suggestive of pain; more 

 or less fever, with quick, hard pulse; 

 unwillingness to move the hind legs 

 which the animal straddles apart when 

 he walks, as shown in the engraving 

 above; looking anxiously around to 



his flanks ; urine scanty and high test fou infla^imation OF 

 colored, and sometimes bloody. The the kidneys. 



