638 DISEASES OF THE BLADDER, ETC. 



discharge by the injection of any astringent remedy. The 

 inflammation must be first reduced, and the cessation of the 

 discharge will generally follow. Should the discharge become 

 chronic, continuing for a long time after the more urgent 

 symptoms have passed away, the disease is then termed leu- 

 corrhoea, fluor-albus, or the whites, and must be combated by 

 local astringent injections, and the administration of tonics, 

 more especially the salts of iron or copper, combined with small 

 doses of cantharides. 



Many cases of vaginal discharges depend on tumours of a 

 cancerous, fatty, or epithelial character, or upon bruises or ulcers 

 caused by the wilful introduction of hard substances, such as 

 fork-handles, by mischievous boys. In all cases the parts are 

 to be carefully examined, and the offending cause removed. I 

 remember one case of a young mare being injured by a large 

 stallion, where the vaginitis so produced was succeeded by the 

 formation of multiple abscesses in various parts of the body. 

 She eventually recovered under a tonic treatment. 



Tumours in the vagina are but rarely seen in the mare, but they 

 are not uncommon in some breeds of cattle ; they vary in size 

 from a marble to a goose's egg, are round or oval in form, and 

 the mucous membrane covering them is traversed by enlarged 

 and congested veins. These seldom require to be interfered 

 with ; but if they cause irritation, discharge, pain, or obstruct 

 the emission of urine, they are to be removed, by torsion if 

 pedunculated, or by clam and cautery if broad in the base. 



Vaginal haemorrhoids are sometimes met with in bitches ; 

 either single or multiple, pedunculated or on broad bases. They 

 are prone to bleed, and cause a good deal of irritation and pain, 

 manifested by some degree of straining, difficult micturition, 

 and general restlessness. The best method of removing them is 

 with the cautery or some strong caustic, as their bases or roots 

 must be destroyed, or they are almost sure to recur. If caused 

 by high feeding and want of exercise, the patient should be 

 purged and the causes avoided. 



MAMMITIS, OR INFLAMMATION OF THE MAMMARY GLAND. 



Acute inflammation of the udder is of rare occurrence in the 

 mare, but is frequently met with in the cow. I have seen it in 

 mares during the active period of lactation, also when the gland 



