310 URINE, BLOODY. 



the act of making- water, the last effort squeezes the fung-us, 

 and forces a drop or two at that time, so it is concluded, that 

 either the urethra, or the kidneys, or bladder, is affected. But, 

 in these cases, if the dog is held, and the prepuce stripped 

 all the way down, so as to expose the penis throughout its 

 whole length, there will generally be found one or more large 

 fungous knobs, from which this bloody secretion proceeds. 



The cure consists in removing every one of these excres- 

 cences, carefully and completely, with the knife, leaving no 

 part of the base or pedicle of each. Having done this, 

 sprinkle the excised part with a little alum in fine powder; 

 and, unless the excrescence has been ver}' considerable (when 

 it will be necessary to remove the prepuce every day to pre- 

 vent an union of it to the penis), the rest may be left to 

 nature. In very slight cases, where these fungi have ap- 

 peared as warts only, which is not uncommon, I have re- 

 moved them by merely sprinkling them daily with powdered 

 savine three parts, crude sal ammoniac two parts. Other ul- 

 cerous affections are noticed under the head Wounds. 



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Uririe, bloody. 



Bitches seldom have any disease of the bladder or kidneys. 

 When, therefore, there is any bloody issue from the parts of 

 generation in them, it commonly proceeds from some affection 

 of either the vagina, or womb. Such appearances may be 

 the effect of a polypus; — which see. Or they may arise, 

 which is also more probable, from a cancerous affection. — See 

 Cancer, and Astringents. 



In dogs, also, bloody urine is not uncommon. In them, the 

 neck of the bladder becomes sometimes injured, or a part of 

 the urethra ruptured, from brutal persons forcing- them from 

 bitches in the copulative act. In such cases, during the active 

 state of inflammation, bleed at the neck, and foment the 



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