The soothing effect on the kidney will often relieve inflammation and irritation, should the stone be in that situation, while if in the ureter the warm fomentations will at once soothe irritation, relax spasm of the muscular coat of the canal, and favor an abundant secretion from the kidney, which, pressing on the obstructing stone, may slowly push it on into the bladder.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
In small cattle, in which the oiled hand introduced into the last gut may reach the affected part, the distended ureter may be felt as a tense, elastic cord, extending forward from the point of obstruction on the lateral wall of the pelvis and beneath the loins toward the kidney.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Find a slender tube, the ureter, running from each kidney to the bladder.
"Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools"
Francis M. Walters, A.M.