382 FIBRO-VASCULAR TUMOUR IN THE BLADDER. 
was of a different opinion; and believed the altered character 
of the urine to be due to organic disease of the bladder, 
which, upon the post-mortem examination, proved to be the 
case. 
Two of the symptoms presented in this case are espe¬ 
cially worthy of consideration in studying its pathology, viz., 
the capability of the fluid which imparted the red colour to 
the * urine to coagulate, showing clearly it was unspoilt 
blood; and secondly, the very small quantity of urine which 
was passed at a time, especially during the later stages of the 
disease. The last-named symptom would indicate that a 
mechanical impediment to the passage of the urine through 
the urethral canal probably existed, and such an obstruction 
was found to exist. In a practical point of view, the case is 
therefore especially valuable to the junior practitioner, as it 
shows that in all instances in which the urine is of a reddish 
colour the malady is not of necessity ordinary “ red water ,” 
or to borrow a more scientific term, “ Heemo-albuminuria” 
To the physiologist also, as well as to the pathologist, the case 
is interesting, for we see that the cow had shown symptoms 
indicative of organic disease for a period of no less than 
twelve months; and yet during this time she had a calf and 
yielded a fair quantity of milk. These facts prove that the 
cause of the urine being high-coloured, whatever it might be, 
was at any rate not incompatible with conception, gestation, 
and lactation; and they may also be considered as addi¬ 
tional reasons for believing the case was not one of common 
“red water.” 
In a legal point of view, as I have before stated, the 
case has its significance. That the cow was sound at the 
time she was sold to her last owner admits of great doubt, as 
it is said that she passed red-coloured urine a short time 
after she was purchased by him. This abnormal state of 
things I think very likely depended upon some lesion pro¬ 
duced at the time she gave birth to her first calf, which led 
to the formation of the tumour described by Mr. Kettle, and 
from which blood, varying in quantity, passed into the 
bladder, and thereby coloured the urine. 
I do not make these statements with a view to induce the 
late owner of the cow to seek for damages, or to lead him to 
suppose that he would be right in doing so, but rather to 
show that the case has a legal bearing, and that if the cow 
had been represented as a sound one a claim could have been 
made for damages. These brief suggestions may strike the 
mind of the junior practitioner as being of some importance. 
He will see that in a practical point of view it is necessary to 
