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of the operation, the administration of an enema a short time 
before casting- the animal. With these simple preparative 
measures, of easy application, we have looked only for a 
single, and what may be termed a mechanical result, to wit, 
the depletion of the digestive tract, which necessarily facili¬ 
tates considerably the manipulation oLthe operation. 
( To be continued ). 
AZOTURIA, 
By Dr. Davenport, Y.S. 
(A paper read before the California State Veterinary Medical Association). 
Mr. President and Gentlemen : 
I will endeavor to describe to you a disease as it has come 
under my notice, a disease that is well known to the profession, 
one also that is of great importance to the horse owner, as 
it invariably attacks well-conditioned and valuable mares, and 
sometimes geldings, viz., “ azoturia.” The name is very sig¬ 
nificant of the state of affairs in this disease, nitrogenous 
urini. It has been described by various authors under differ¬ 
ent names, such as hysteria hemasturia and strain of psoas 
muscles, etc. All descriptions of such diseases appearing 
identical to the disease azoturia. 
Symptoms. —The attack comes on very suddenly, gener¬ 
ally after the animal has been standing in the stable for a few 
days, the time of year seeming to have an effect upon it, it 
appearing to be more frequent during the fall and spring 
months, I presume due to the farmers endeavoring to put 
on flesh on their horses after working them down or saving 
them for the spring season, feeding them on a high and nutri¬ 
tious diet without proper exercise ; the bowels are costive, 
and nervous excitability is very marked ; there is more or 
less paralysis of motor power of hind extremities, sometimes 
attacking both hind limbs, others only one, generally as far 
as I have noticed the near hind ; profuse perspirations ; visi¬ 
ble mucous membranes injected, of a brown tinge upon pass¬ 
ing the catheter, which I always find necessary and safer, 
