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ALBUMINOUS URINE. 
By Mr. John Markham, Rugeley . 
I h kreby send you a rather curious case of a horse voiding 
albuminous urine, this being the fourth time, at intervals of from 
five to six months, that he has had similar attacks, and each at- 
tack being more severe than its predecessor. 
Oct. 23 d . — I was sent for in great haste to Mr. Tompson’s, 
heard the horse come into the stable-yard, in the middle of the 
night, from the others that were in a field close by ; and whc~ 
they got up in the morning they found him in great agonies, ar 
rolling about in the stable-yard. 
When I arrived he was a little easier, having staled, and nearly 
half a pound of the urine was hanging from the penis, thicker than 
calf’s-foot jelly. The pulse was a little accelerated. 
Venesection was had recourse to, and about seven quarts of 
blood taken from him. A strong cathartic was then adminis- 
tered. 
He did not flinch from pressure on the loins; but, on examina- 
tion of the renal arteries per rectum, I found them throbbing 
very much. 1 could feel more difference in the pulsations of the 
renal arteries in this horse, and another one that stood beside 
him, than ever I felt in a horse’s leg that was very much in- 
flamed. 
I make these observations on account of seeing, in Mr. Per- 
ci vall’s “ Hippopathology,” that some of the members of the 
medical profession do not consider that a person making albu- 
minous urine must, of necessity, have organic disease of the 
kidney. 
I am of opinion that this horse — twelve years old — has a 
chronic disease of the kidney, which now and then assumes an 
acute form, at which time the urine is so thick that the horse 
cannot void it, which causes those colicky pains ; for as soon as 
he has voided his urine he appears much easier. 
After venesection, and the operation of a cathartic, followed up 
for three or four successive days with antimonial alteratives, he 
appeared and worked as well as any of the other horses, and 
voided his urine with perfect ease. I boiled the urine that was 
hanging from the penis, and it coagulated similarly to the white 
of an egg, but was rather darker coloured. 
of Bromly Hurst, the owner being afraid that the horse would be 
dead before I could get to him. Mr. Tompson told me that he 
