CHAPTER V. 
THE URINARY AND GENERATIVE ORGANS. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS. 
pelaiseasceens of the kidneys is often combined with inflamma- 
tion of the intestines or bladder. It is caused by changes of tempera- 
| ture,eating unsuitable food or plants, strong medicines, as cantharides in 
em too large doses, and external injuries to the loins. A careful study of its 
symptoms is requisite to distinguish it from other urinary disorders. 
Symptoms.—Scanty urine, passed with pain and difficulty (by which 
this disorder is distinguished from Inflammation of the Bladder, in which 
the urine is passed readily and copiously); urine thin at first, then thick 
and red; parts near the kidneys very hot and tender on pressure; back 
arched; legs brought together under the body; hot rectum; dung scanty, 
its passage giving pain; appetite and cud lost; considerable thirst; quick, 
weak pulse. 
TREATMENT.—When there are much fever and pain, give aconite at 
once in doses of five to ten drops every one or two hours. When sucha 
condition is accompanied with frequent painful urgings to-urinate, followed 
by a discharge of small quantities of bloody urine, cantharis should be 
given in alternation with aconite. After the inflammatory symptoms have 
subsided and frequent but almost ineffectual efforts to pass urine continue, 
with obstinate constipation, nux vomica will be quite sufficient. Give small 
quantities of light, nutritious food, and clothe the animal comfortably in cold 
weather. For further directions, see this disorder in the Horse. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER. 
Inflammation of the bladder is so similar to that of the kidneys, that 
the reader should here note the symptoms mentioned in the preceding article, 
together with this distinction, that in this disorder of the bladder the animal 
leans first on one side and then on the other, with the back almost constantly 
arched. 
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