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pensity to fattening, the family that shows the disposition must 

 be subjected to a somewhat different regimen, open air exercise 

 must take the place of confinement in warm stables, a rather bare 

 pasturage is valuable for herbivora, and restricted diet in which 

 the oleaginous, saccharine, and amylaceous constituents do not 

 predominate, is strongly indicated. Crossing with a strange male 

 having many of the desirable qualities of the herd, but which is 

 more vigorous may be resorted to. When the secretion of urine 

 becomes scanty an abundance of pure water, or a diet of succu- 

 lent grass or roots or ensilage or even small doses of alkaline 

 diuretics may be resorted to. Any source of arsenic or phosphorus 

 poisoning should be cut off, and as an antidote to phosphorus, 

 oil of turpentine may be given in small doses. This agent may, 

 indeed, replace the alkalies as a diuretic, bringing in an element 

 of tone for the mucosa which is not to be despised. Or balsam of 

 copiaba or buchu leaves may be substituted. 



When the small white kidney (granular, fatty) results from 

 chronic nephritis, the prevention and treatment would be as for 

 that disease. lyittle hope is to be entertained of entire restoration 

 to health. 



AMYI.OID KIDNEY. IvARDACEOUS OR WAXY KIDNEY. 



This condition of the kidney has been found in the ox (Ger- 

 lach) and dog (Rabe, etc. ). There are commonly similar degenera- 

 tive lesions in the liver, pancreas, intestines and other organs. It is 

 usually a concomitant of some chronic wasting disease (chronic 

 nephritis, tuberculosis, etc.). 



Morbid Anatomy. The kidney is usually enlarged, pale and on 

 section waxy or glistening. Soaked in dilute compound tincture 

 of iodine it shows spots of a walnut or mahogany brown color. 

 The glomeruli are well marked and show the earlier changes, 

 later the tubes do so excepting the epithelium. The latter is 

 swollen, granular, fatty. 



Symptoms. There may have been those of chronic nephritis. 

 Rabe has noticed in dogs dropsy of the limbs, ascites, emaciation, 

 anorexia, followed by uraemia, coma, weakness, vomiting, and if 

 the kidney alone was affected great lowering of temperature 



