DISEASES OF THE URINARY ORGANS, ORGANS OF GENERATION, ETC.
General [General]
Among the causes of this disease improper food ranks first violent exercise will also produce it. And the frequent use of Diuretic medicines, if they do not actually produce inflammation, so irritate the kidneys that they become inflamed from causes that would otherwise produce no injurious effect. The general symptoms are fever, stiffness of the loins, frequent discharges of dark or bloody urine in small quantities; after a time, it is wholly suppressed, there is heat about the region of the kidneys, and the animal shrinks if that part is pressed upon, walks with a stiff straddling gait, and frequently looks with a painful expression at the flanks.
REMEDIES: Aconite, Arnica, Dulcamara, Cantharis, Cannabis and Mercurius vivus.
Aconite [Acon]
Aconite, in the beginning if the animal is very uneasy, and the urine is fiery red, depositing a thick muddy sediment.
Dose. Six drops two or three times a day.
Arnica [Arn]
Arnica, if it is result of an injury.
Dose. Six drops or eight globules night and morning.
Dulcamara [Dulc]
Dulcamara, if it supervenes after exposures to wet.
Dose. The same as of Arnica.
Cantharis [Canth]
Cantharis, if there are frequent and painful emissions of bloody urine, in small quantities, trembling of the hinder extremities, which are wide apart, and the back arched.
Dose. Six drops three or four times a day until relieved.
Cannabis [Cann-s]
Cannabis, if there is violent, straining; the animal is very restless, paws the ground, and strikes at the abdomen with his feet.
Dose. The same as directed for Cantharis.
Mercurius vivus [Merc-v]
Mercurius vivus, if the animal sweats and the discharge of urine is profuse.
Dose. The same as directed for Cantharis.
