CHAPTER VII. 
THE URINARY AND GENERATIVE ORGANS. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS. 
NFLAMMATION of the kidneys is not frequent, and is caused by bad 
food; kiln-dried oats; mow-burnt hay; exposure to cold and wet; 
injuries from blows, weights and other sprains; frequent doses of 
sp strong medicines to promote the flow of urine, as cantharides, turpen- 
tine and nitre; gravel and other diseases. 
Symptoms.—Considerable fever; pain, indicated by looking at the 
loins, and by groans; loins tender; back arched; hind limbs stiff and. far 
apart; horse stands still or moves stiffly and perhaps with lameness; fre- 
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PosiTION IN URINARY DISORDERS IN GENERAL. 
quent attempts to pass urine, the discharges being dark and scanty, some- 
times pussy and bloody. In advanced stages the pulse, at first full, hard 
and rapid, becomes weak and wiry; breathing quick and short; intense 
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