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not object to it if done cautiously, as it tends, in my opinion, to alter 
the condition of the blood, by unloading it, to a certain extent, of its 
morbific matter (or, to use Professor Simonds’ words, we remove the 
disproportionate and undue amount of fibrine existing in the blood, 
in consequence of the loss of the serum through the kidneys). 
But apart from this, I think we should put more faith in our 
internal remedies. Here, again, we have great diversity of opinion, 
some strongly advising astringents, and others purgatives, followed 
by diuretics ; and though I myself was taught to use the latter, I 
disagree in part to it. With regard to diuretics, I think they only 
tend to excite (in this disease) an already abnormal condition of the 
kidneys into an inflammatory one, and thus retard rather than aid 
Nature’s efforts to bring about a healthy state of the blood. Astrin- 
gents I am more favorably inclined to, but in the use of these I 
should go no further than the Ferri Sulph. or Tr. Ferri Mur., which, 
in my opinion, is the best agent we can use to constringe the blood- 
vessels and so prevent the escape of hsematine. My first object, 
however, is to unload the stomach and bowels, and to accomplish 
this I administer saline purgatives. My reason for choosing this 
class of purgative is that I may at the same time supply the blood 
with the salts which it requires ; and when we have once got the 
bowels to respond to the action of the medicine, we have, by removing 
the suspension of their functions, overcome one of the chief obstacles. 
Enemas at this juncture may be used with benefit, as they soften 
any hard dung that may be left in the rectum, and act as a local 
fomentation to the parts. 
Diffusible stimulants may also now be administered, such as Spt. 
iEth. Nit. and Liq. Ammon. Acet. twice or three times a day. 
Equalise the temperature of the patient by rugs and warm hous- 
ing, and thus by good nursing (which is one of the chief things), 
together with the treatment laid down, and the occasional adminis- 
tration of vegetable tonics, we shall, I think, find that this malady 
is really not so fatal as it is generally supposed to be. 
Amongst the names given to this affection, I mentioned in the 
earlier portion of my paper that of Hsematuria, and as Hsematuria 
and Hsemo-albuminuria are two totally distinct diseases, arising 
from quite opposite causes, it may not be amiss on my part if I 
crave your attention for a few moments to explain the difference. 
That it is considered one and the same disease we may gather from 
different authors. Mr. Blain, for instance, tells us that the symp- 
toms of red water, or hsemo-albuminuria, in cattle are precisely akin 
to those of the same disease in the horse, and which in the latter 
animal he terms hsematuria, and advises the same treatment for a 
disease which I hope presently to show is totally different. 
Mr. Finlay Dun, to whose valuable work we are much indebted, 
mentions hsematuria as one of the terms given to red water. 
And again, Mr. Harrison, in the Veterinarian , May, 1833, p. 244, 
speaks of it under the term Hsematuria. 
Firstly, then, as to the derivation of the two words. Hsematuria 
is derived from two Greek words, viz. A qua (blood) and Uvpuv 
