CHAPTER VII. 



DISEASES OF THE URINARY ORGANS. 



NEPHRITIS, RETENTION OF URINE, 



HEMATURIA, PARALYSIS OF THE 

 RENAL CALCULI, BLADDER, 



CYSTITIS, RUPTURE OF THE 

 CYSTIC CALCULI, BLADDER, 



NEPHRITIS. 



Inflammation of the kidney is a serious, but, fortunately^ 

 not a frequent malady in the dog. 



Causes. — External violence, as blows or strain on the 

 loins ; long exposure to wet, particularly in bathing ; renal 

 calculi or abscess ; the indiscriminate use of diuretics, es- 

 pecially turpentine or cantharides — ^the former being a 

 favourite vermifuge, and the latter being used as a blister, 

 may get into the system through licking or absorption. 



Symptoms. — The animal has a peculiar stiff gait, simu- 

 lating lumbar rheumatism ; in bitches there is a straddling 

 crouching gait as though about to urinate, pain on pressure 

 to the loins, urine secreted and voided in small quantities, 

 generally high coloured, and in severe cases mixed with 

 blood. There is a considerable amount of sympathetic 

 fever present, denoted by a quick, hard, wiry pulse, 

 a dry hot nose, injected conjunctival membranes, and 

 obstinate constipation. 



Treatment. — This must be purely antiphlogistic* Leeches 



* Small doses of the potassio-tartrate of antimony are very useful 

 {Gamgee). 

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