DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF THE HORSE 171 
little soap two or three times a day. This will have a soothing 
effect as well as tend to promote their regular action. 
2. Chronic Inflammation of the Kidneys. 
Causes. — Excessive and frequent use of medicines that 
have a stimulating effect upon the kidneys or the eating of 
large quantities of such food as pea or oat straw, which also 
acts directly upon the kidneys and among the causes more 
generally met with. 
Fif. 20. — Position Assumed in Chronic Inflammation of the Kidneyi. 
Symptoms. — There is uneasiness as shown by frequent 
change of position from lying down to standing and vice 
versa. The hind legs are generally swollen, and while stand- 
ing are placed far apart and as far back as possible. The 
pulse is but slightly affected. The urine is passed in small 
quantities, sometimes quite natural but sometimes streaked 
with blood. There is a stiffness in walking and pressure of 
the hand on the back indicates soreness. 
Treatment. — Give a pint of raw linseed oil as a drench, 
and if there is much pain it is well to put in one ounce or 
four dessertspoonfuls of Laudanum and five drops of Flem- 
