CHAPTER VII. 



DISEASES OF THE URINARY ORGANS. 



NEPHRITIS, RETENTION OF URINE 



HEMATURIA, PARALYSIS OF THE 

 RENAL CALCULI, BLADDER, 



CYSTITIS, RUPTURE OF THE 

 CYSTIC CALCULI, BLADDER. 



NEPHRITIS. 



Inflammation of the kidney is a serious, but, fortxinately, 

 not a frequent malady in the dog. 



Causes. — External violence; as blows Or strain on the 

 loins ; long exposure to wet, particularly in bathing ; renal 

 calculi or abscess j the indiscriminate use of diuretics, espe- 

 cially turpentine or cantharides — the former being a favorite 

 vermifuge, and the latter being used as a blister, may get into 

 the systeih through licking or absorption. 



Symptoms. — The animal has a peculiar stiff gait, simula- 

 ting lumbar rheumatism ; in bitches there is a straddling 

 crouching gait as though about to urinate, pain on pressure 

 to the loins, urine secreted and voided in small quantities, 

 generally high colored, and in severe cases mixed with blood. 

 There is a considerable amount of sympathetic fever present, 

 denoted by a quick, hard, wiry pulse, a dry hot nose, injected 

 conjunctival membranes, and obstinate constipation. 



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