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Other renal symptoms ; and more especially when such symp- 

 toms are present on one side only." 



" Vesical haemorrhage may be so profuse as to furnish 

 blood tolerably pure from the urethra. And in general this 

 variety of haematuria may be known by the blood not being 

 mixed with the urine ; the latter fluid passes o£E first, tolera- 

 bly pure ; and the blood comes last, more or less changed, by 

 mixture with the residue of the urine. It is also known by 

 the absence of renal symptoms, and by the presence of un- 

 doubted signs of stone in the bladder, or other disease of that 

 viscus, or of affection of the prostate. 



" From the Urethra. — In this case there is absence of both 

 renal and vesical symptoms ; the blood passes pure, irrespec- 

 tive of any desire to evacuate the bladder." 



Treatment. — Haematuria demands prompt and active meas- 

 ures ; nothing irritative must be administered, drastic purga- 

 tives, and especially diureties, should be strictly avoided. The 

 preparations of iron and barks are the most suitable agents 

 for this disease. Mucilaginous drinks, as thick barley-water, 

 solution of gum acacia, or beef-tea thickened with isinglass, 

 can be given freely, together with the use of hot fomentations 

 or linseed^meal poultices to the loins ; or counter-irritants, as 

 mustard or ammonia embrocations. Sedative enemas may 

 also be administered where the irritation is considerable. 



Bleeding, under all circumstances, is unnecessary, and is 

 strongly contra-indicated. 



RENAL CALCULI. 



Occasionally stones are found in the kidney of the dog, 

 composed chiefly of uric acid, ammonia, or phosphate of lime, 

 and containing, as a nucleus, some foreign matter. Renal 

 calculi vary in shape, sometimes being oval and an exact cast 

 of the pelvis of the kidney, at others irregular in shape and 

 variously formed, according to the position thty had occu- 

 pied. 



