. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. CHAPTER VI. DISEASES OF THE URINABY I. NEPHRITIS, OR INFLAMMATION OF THE II. RETENTION OF THE URINE, OR T>YSURIA. III. INCONTINENCE OF URINE, OR ENURESIS IV. ALBUMI- NURIA, OR ALBUMINOUS URINE. V. ILEMATURIA, OK BLOODY URINE. VI. (OSTITIS, OR INFLAMMATION OK THE IlLADKER. VII. LITIIIASIS, OR GRAVEL. VIII. CALCULI. I. Nephritis, or Inflammation of the Kidneys. Causes.—External violence, wounds, strains, etc. ; eating acrid, diu- retic |)l,ints : and too free use of diuretic medic
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. CHAPTER VI. DISEASES OF THE URINABY I. NEPHRITIS, OR INFLAMMATION OF THE II. RETENTION OF THE URINE, OR T>YSURIA. III. INCONTINENCE OF URINE, OR ENURESIS IV. ALBUMI- NURIA, OR ALBUMINOUS URINE. V. ILEMATURIA, OK BLOODY URINE. VI. (OSTITIS, OR INFLAMMATION OK THE IlLADKER. VII. LITIIIASIS, OR GRAVEL. VIII. CALCULI. I. Nephritis, or Inflammation of the Kidneys. Causes.—External violence, wounds, strains, etc. ; eating acrid, diu- retic |)l,ints : and too free use of diuretic medicines. How to know it.—It is rather rare in cattle. When it occurs, there are colicl^y pains, witii great uneasiness ; the urine is thiciv and dark colored, and voided often, in small (juantities and with much straining and i)ain ; there is tenderness over the loins, especially at the sides, immediately below the transverse spines of the lumbar vcrtebrre; the gait is straddling, and lame- ness is noticeable,—sometimes in one leg, sometimes in both; the appetite is poor; fever runs high ; rumination ceases; some- times blood, and in the later stages pus, is evacuated with the urine ; the nose becomes hot and dry, the horns and extrenntics cold, and the breathing labored. Diarrhcea often sets in, and sometimes dysentery ; and this state is usually followed by constipation. There is profuse sweating, great pain, and arching of the back ; the pulse becomes small and weak ; and stupor and death soon follow. Post mortem shows the affected kidney or kidneys enlarged and con- (Tcsted—usually, with an abscess also. What to do.—Avoid purgatives, especially salines, but give the follow- ing recipe in })refcrcncc : Ko. -12. 3 OuncesMiiKlciPnis' spirit, 20 I)i(i|is tiiu'tiirc aconite root, 1 J'int 'd tea, Mix. Give as one dose. Repeat it every two hours till better, then drop off in frequency as the case will admit. Give large quantities of linseed tea or slippery elm water
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