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DISEASED KIDNEY OF A PONY. 
to do SO are not so frequent; the extremities are still cold. I 
ordered the same treatment to be continued, but he gradually 
got worse and died in five hours from my first visit. 
Upon making further inquiries into the previous history of 
the animal, I gleaned the following information from the 
horse-keeper, who, I may say, is a very intelligent and 
trustworthy man. The pony had been in the hands of the 
present owner for about twelve months; his work has never 
been very laborious,he being bought almost entirely for the use 
of Master Eckersley (nine or ten years old), who generally 
rode him two or three hours each day. The pony always 
had a fair allowance of corn, hay, &c., but for all that he never 
looked well, always having a very unthrifty appearance, and 
when standing in the stable would invariably have his back 
arched, and shivered or shook as if chilly. Some two months 
ago the horse-keeper in question had occasion to take the 
pony a short distance of three or four miles, but it was with 
difficulty that he accomplished the journey, as he went lame, 
sometimes upon one leg and then the other, until all four had 
become affected more or less, the hind ones more particularly. 
Soon after this the pony was turned out to grass, and after 
six weeks running out^^ there was no visible alteration in 
his condition. 
Post-mortem examination .—The following morning, June 6th, 
I made a careful examination of the body. Upon opening 
the abdominal cavity and removing the intestines, a large 
tumour w'as revealed to view upon the right side, being firmly 
attached to the liver, diaphragm, and some of the small 
intestines. It had somewhat the appearance, before being 
cut into, of a distended stomach, being fully the size of the 
stomach of a small pony; but upon closer inspection it turned 
out to be the right kidney. When removed and cut open, 
there escaped fully four quarts of thick fluid, having the 
dr ab-colour paint —this being the best comparison 
I can make. The bladder was much distended with coagu¬ 
lated blood and fluid, there being from two to three quarts in 
it. The left kidney, which I likewise forward, is somewhat 
increased in size, and there w'ere slight inflammatory patches 
upon the small intestines, where the tumour was attached. 
The remaining parts, including the lungs, heart, large intes¬ 
tines, &c., were perfectly healthy. 
[The right kidney was considerably enlarged, and nume¬ 
rous sacculi existed within it, which were more or less dis¬ 
tended with grumous matter. The entire structure of the 
kidney was so much diseased, that it was evident the organ 
