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be small, or, if in the bladder, may weigh several pounds. Among its 
most probable causes are earthy particles in the food and water, as grass 
grown on limy soils or those supplied with phosphates as fertilizers; water 
charged with salts of lime and magnesia; dry feeding; scanty urine from 
any cause; perhaps hard water. 
Symptoms.—Stone in the £¢dzeys may be suspected, but not positively 
known, from tenderness of the loins, colicky pains, discharge of sand and 
blood with the urine. Stone in the d/adder will be indicated by an awkward, 
straggling gait, with lind legs apart; frequent efforts at urination resulting 
in scanty and difficult discharges; the urine sometimes comes out suddenly, 
or may be as suddenly stopped, and sometimes it dribbles out and makes 
the legs and thighs sore; colicky pains; occasional discharges of blood and 
thick sediment. The stone, if large, may be felt by passing the hand up 
the rectum to the bladder. Stones in the canal leading from the bladder 
to the pelvis will cause colicky pains and stoppage of urine, with the gen- 
eral symptoms of inflammation of the kidneys. The foreskin may be 
affected, causing distress in urination or actual stoppage of urine. 
TREATMENT.—The remedies laid down for Inflammation of the Blad- 
‘der should be adopted to relieve the disorder, though it can be cured only 
by a surgeon who will break or cut the stones, when of sufficient size. 
Give soft water for drinking, with linseed-tea or decoctions of mucilage 
freely administered. Keep the organs clean, and if sores are found, wash 
with a lotion of calendula, one part to eight of water. 
BLOODY URINE. 
Bloody urine is not uncommon, It may be caused by some of the 
urinary diseases before named; blows; strains from heavy loads, jumping 
and other causes; the use of 
Spanish-fly; foaling; the eating 
of poisonous plants, or the twigs 
of young trees; very rank herb- 
age; swampy pasture; damp 
weather; occasionally hot days 
and cold, damp nights; anthrax 
and other diseases. 
Symptoms.— Urine red with 
blood, or has clots of blood, the 
latter part of a discharge being 
more noticeably bloody than the 
first. If the kidneys be affected, the horse stands in a singular posture; 
if the bladder be involved, the gait is stiff, and more blood passes: than in 
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A Horse SuFFERING FROM BLoopy URINE. 
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