296 The Farmet^s Veterinary Adviser. 



hay and grain with no suspicion of newness or mustiness 

 Give a decoction of flaxseed freely with the water drunk, 

 with phosphate of iron 2 drachms, Peruvian bark 4 

 drachms and iodide of potassium 2 drachms daily. Ore 

 osote may often be added with advantage. 



BLOODY UEINE. Hffl MA TUBIA. 



This occurs after sprains of the loins or blows on this 

 region, with stone in the kidneys, urinary passages or blad- 

 der, cancer, tubercle or even abscess of the kidney, etc., or 

 lastly some poisoned condition of the blood, as in malig- 

 nant anthrax. Acrid diuretic plants, cantharides, May- 

 bugs, etc., are occasional causes. When bleeding occurs 

 from local irritation or in a tolerably healthy state of the 

 blood it is partly at least in the form of clots and fibrinous 

 oasts of the uriniferous tubes, about one-hundreth inch in 

 diameter, and entangling blood-globules. If from poi- 

 soned and disintegi'ating blood, there is a diffuse colora- 

 tion with hiBmatino, with perhaps fragments of blood- 

 globules, but rarely perfect ones, clots or casts, and a sim- 

 ilar oozing of blood is liable to take place at other parts 

 .f the body. The blood-coloring matter is easily distin- 

 guished from bile by chemical tests. It is less easily dis- 

 tinguished from the brownish-red albuminoids which es- 

 cape by the kidneys in Azotsemia. Beside the passage of 

 blood there may be the general signs of urinary disorder, 

 but these are not constant. When gravel coexists gritty 

 masses pass with the urine or collect on the hair of the 

 prepuce. 



Treatment. Eemove the causes, give comfortable, dry 

 IweUings, sound food, mucilaginous drinks (h'nseed tea, 

 naUow, gums, elm, etc.,) and acid astringents (ticcture of 

 chloride of iron, sugar of lead, vinegar, buttermilk and oaij 

 bark). In profuse discharge cold water may be appUed tc 

 the loins, while in inflammatory cases a sheej^-skin oi 

 poultice may be first used and followed by a mustaril 

 plaster. (See AzotjEMIA and Eed-watee). 



