206 HORSE, SWINE AND POULTRY DISEASES 



vulva and protruding externally between its lips. It may be a masa 

 like the fist, or may swell up to the size of an infant's head. On exam- 

 ining its upper surface the orifices of the urethra may be seen, one on 

 each side, a short distance behind the neck, with the urine oozing 

 from them drop by drop. This displacement usually supervenes on 

 a flaccid condition of the bladder, the result of paralysis, overdisten- 

 tion, or severe compression during a difficult parturition. 



The protruding organ may be washed with a solution of 1 ounce 

 of laudanum and a teaspoonful of carbolic acid in a quart of water, 

 and returned by pressing a smooth, rounded object into the fundus 

 and directing it into the urethra, while careful pressure is made on 

 the surrounding parts with the other hand. If too large and re- 

 sistant it may be wound tightly in a strip of bandage about 2 inches 

 broad to express the great mass of blood and exudate and diminish 

 the bulk of the protruded organ so that it can be easily pushed back. 

 This method has the additional advantage of protecting the organ 

 against bruises and lacerations in the effort made to return it. After 

 the return, straining may be kept in check by giving laudanum 

 (1 to 2 ounces) and by applying a truss to press upon the lips of the 

 vulva. The patient should be kept in a stall a few inches lower in 

 front than behind, so that the action of gravity will favor retention. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE URETHRA (URETHRITIS, OR GLEET). 



This affection belongs quite as much to the generative organs, 

 yet it can not be entirely overlooked in a treatise on urinary disor- 

 ders. It may be induced by the passage and temporary arrest of 

 small stones, or gravel ; by the irritation caused by foreign bodies in- 

 troduced from without ; by blows on the penis by sticks, stones, or by 

 the feet of a mare that kicks while being served ; by an infecting in- 

 flammation contracted from a mare served in the first few days after 

 parturition; by infecting matter introduced on a dirty catheter, or 

 by the extension of inflammation from an uncleansed sheath. 



Symptoms. The symptoms are swelling, heat, and tenderness 

 of the sheath and penis; difficulty, pain, and groaning in passing 

 urine, which is liable to sudden temporary arrests in the course of 

 micturition, and later a whitish mucopurulent oozing from the 

 papilla on the end of the penis. There is a tendency to erection of 

 the penis, and in cases contracted from a mare the outer surface of 

 that organ will show more or less extensive sores and ulcers. Stal- 

 lions suffering in this way will refuse to mount, or having mounted 

 will fail to complete the act of coition. If an entrance is effected 

 infection of the mare is liable to follow. 



Treatment in the early stages consists in a dose of physic (aloes 

 6 drams) and fomentations of warm water to the sheath and penis. 

 If there is reason to suspect the presence of infection, inject the ure- 

 thra twice daily with borax 1 dram, water 1 quart, using it tepid. 

 Where the mucopurulent discharge indicates the supervention of 

 the second stage, a more astringent injection may be employed (ni- 

 trate of silver 20 grains, water 1 quart) , and the same may be applied 

 to the surface of the penis and inside the sheath. Every stallion suf- 



