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cal and scientific knowledge can be attained, and recreation at the 
same time enjoyed by the old ; while, in the young, by the tender- 
ness necessarily bestowed on the animals committed to their care, 
a kindly feeling towards the whole creation will spring up insensi- 
bly in their bosoms and grow with their growth, to the manifest 
improvement of their dispositions and the heartfelt joys of a beloved 
family. 
THE VETERINARY ART IN INDIA. 
By J. Grellier, Esq., M.R.C.S. 
(Continued from p 576.) 
Inflammation of the Kidneys. 
This disease frequently proceeds from an imprudent use of 
diuretics. In this country 1 have sometimes known the kidneys 
to be slightly inflamed by some noxious or acrid herbs mixed 
with the grass, which appear to act in a similar manner to can- 
tharides, stimulating the whole urinary canal from the kidneys to 
the end of the urethra. If the quantity received be small, it irri- 
tates the kidneys, and the secretion of urine is increased ; but if 
sufficient to inflame them has been taken, the quantity of urine 
discharged will be small and high coloured, attended with con- 
siderable pain and anxiety, which frequently subsides when the 
operation of the herb is finished. In these cases, the taking three 
or four quarts of blood from the system, and soft congee drink, will 
generally succeed. 
The general symptoms of inflammation of the kidneys are as 
follow : — The animal expresses great uneasiness, generally stand- 
ing with his hind legs extended ; the pulse will be strong and 
quick ; the urine small in quantity, high coloured, and frequently 
tinged with blood. The animal will also shrink on being pressed 
on the loins. Some caution is still required, to ascertain the dis- 
ease, which may be confirmed by the following disagreeable ope- 
ration : A farrier, acquainted, with the situation of the bladder, 
should insert his hand up the rectum to examine its state. If col- 
lapsed, with the above symptoms existing, you may conclude with 
confidence that one or both kidneys are inflamed ; if, on the con- 
trary, the bladder is distended, some other part must be the seat 
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