204 DISEASES OF THE URIXARY AXD SEXUAL APPARATUS 



gonorrhoea of the prepuce). The symptoms consist in the constant 

 flow of a muco-puriilent fluid from the urethra, redness and tumefaction 

 of the external orifice, the animal places himself in a position to urinate 

 and if he does succeed in urinating he shows great pain. On making 

 any pressure on the urethra, a few drops of a muco-purulent discharge 

 comes from the external opening. The treatment consists in the in- 

 jections of astringents, claret wine, sulj^hate of zinc, and 1 to 2 per 

 cent, solutions of nitrate of silver. 



DISEASES OF THE MALE SEXUAL ORGANS. 



DISEASES OF THE PROSTATE. 

 INFLAMMATION OF THE PROSTATE. 



{Prostatitis.) 



A number of causes lead to inflammatory processes in the prostate 

 which produce hypertrophy or neoformations of that organ; the enlarge- 

 ment may be temporary or permanent, but as a rule it invariably pro- 

 duces more or less interference with the evacuation of the faeces, and ob- 

 struction of the free passage of urine. 



Inflammation of the Prostate. — This may result as a complication 

 of cystitis, urethritis, urinary calculi, from careless or ignorant catheter- 

 ization and from the pressure of hard masses of faeces lying in the rectum 

 in persistent constipation, proctitis, etc. Prostitis is also observed in 

 stud dogs that have served a large number of bitches within a compara- 

 tively short space of time or have been in the stud for a number of years, 

 and it also results from pyaemia. 



Symptoms and Course. — The disease may occur in the acute or 

 chronic form; the latter is discussed under hypertrophy of the prostate. 



The acute form is rare and causes the animal to walk with back 

 arched and a stiff, stilted gait, and show evidence of great pain when 

 either urine or faeces are passed. In cases where there is great enlarge- 

 ment of the prostate the animal may hold the faeces and cause constipa- 

 tion by not putting any pressure on the abdominal muscles or may also 

 retain the urine. On making an examination of the gland, by introduc- 

 ing the finger, well luliricated, into the rectum, we find it very much en- 

 larged, hot and painful to the touch, and the animal shows great de- 

 pression, loss of appetite and fever. The animal exhibits great pain 

 during catheterization when the instrument passes the prostate. 



The terminations of this acute condition are as follows: 



The prostate may break down and suppurate, forming a fluctuating 



