OBSERVATIONS ON URINE AND URINARY DEPOSITS. 67 
I have thought of giving more attention to the subject 
than I have hitherto done. Should the conclusions at which 
I arrive be thought to possess sufficient practical value, 
I hope to be able to lay them before the profession, trusting 
that they may not only be of some benefit, but also that they 
may act as incentives to exertion in the same field of inquiry; 
one which we must all admit requires to be better cultivated. 
This task I should not undertake did I not hope to enlist 
the co-operation of Professor Tuson, who, I think, is inclined 
to devote some of his valuable time to zoo-analyses, and 
without whose aid my remarks would fall far short of what 
the subject really demands. Members of the profession can 
also render us much service by contributing such informa¬ 
tion bearing on this subject as may from time to time come 
before them. 
An interesting case of the kind alluded to has recently been 
communicated to me by Mr. Catteral, M.R.C.Y.S., who also 
furnished me with some urine taken on two different occa¬ 
sions from his patient. The first sample was obtained at the 
time when the disease was at its height, and the second when 
the mare was far advanced towards recovery. Mr. Catteral 
wrote as follows: 
Dear Sir, —Agreeable to your request, I send you a detail account of 
the symptoms of the disease and the treatment I pursued with the mare I 
consulted you about in December last. They are as follows : 
On the 14th of December I was requested to see a brown mare, the 
property of Messrs. Franconi, the proprietors of the equestrian troop. 
On my arrival I found the mare to be labouring under the follow¬ 
ing symptoms:—Pulse from 80 to 90 per minute, and thready in 
character ; no appetite; visible mucous membranes much congested, and of 
a yellow hue; respiration disturbed; tongue and buccal membrane dry 
and hot; breath offensive; legs of a natural warmth. I was informed 
that she had not taken either food or water since the day previous, and 
that she had not voided either fasces or urine. I considered the case to be 
somewhat complicated, but that the liver and kidneys were the organs 
chiefly involved, more particularly the latter. Her work in the c< ring ” 
consisted in carrying a man, weighing upwards of thirteen stone, who was 
in the habit of throwing as many as ten somersaults each evening, and 
alighting upon her back, over the region of the kidneys. I first explored 
the rectum, which I found to be empty; afterwards I passed the finger 
into the opening leading to the bladder, when a convulsive effort was 
made to urinate, and about three ounces of thick, ropy fluid were passed. 
Upon further examination, I found that the bladder was nearly empty. I 
gave a draught composed of— 
Decoc. Aloes com., ^iij ; 
Pot. Bicarb., 5y ; 
Spit. 2Eth. Nit., *j ; 
threw up a clyster, and had her placed in a loose box, and ordered that 
she be kept as quiet as possible. In the evening she passed about three 
