Diseases of the Urinary Organs. 30!) 



Prevention. The next point is to prevent its forming 

 anew by measures calculated to obviate urinary calculi in 

 general. Correct any fault in feeding — excess of beans, 

 peas, bran, etc., — and any disorder in the liver functions. 

 Give abundance of soft water, encouraging its ingestion by 

 a fair supply of salt, let the food be aqueous, consisting 

 largely of roots, especially carrots, and give daily in the 

 drinking water 1 dr. caustic soda or potassa, or common 

 ashes fi-om hard wood. A course of bitters should also bo 

 given (cascariUa, columba, wUlow bark, gentian, (|[uassiai 

 or others). 



