208 DISEASES OF THE URIXARY AND SEXUAL APPARATUS 



Rarely or over in this condition is there any pain on pressure of the 

 affected parts. The treatment consists in the injection of acetate of lead 

 water or 1 per cent, solution of zinci sulphas or argenti nitras, 1 per cent., 

 or claret wine. Before making the medicinal injection it is well to 

 thoroughly clean out the prepuce, with repeated sluicings of luke-warm 

 water. 



The disease has no correlation with the specific gonnrrhan of man, l)ut 

 in rare cases we may find an animal affected with gonorrhcsa which has 

 extended from the foreskin into the urethra and an enlargement of the 

 inguinal lymphatics, forming a bubo. In one of the cases observed by 

 Siedamgrotzky, the gonorrhoea was accompanied by intense inflammation 

 of the eyes. 



Neoformations of the Glans and Prepuce. — Xeoformations are some- 

 times found on the dog and are either papilloma, carcinoma, or sarcoma. 

 These appear in a variety of forms — warty or corrugated, sometimes 

 pedunculated but generally with broad bases, hard or soft and bleeding 

 easily to the touch, situated on the penis or prepuce, visible only when 

 the prepuce is retracted except in rare cases when they are situated on the 

 external opening of the prepuce and protrude beyond the opening. There 

 may be a more or less abundant discharge of purulent mucus, stained 

 occasionally with blood. (For infectious genital tumors, see under that 

 head.) The papilloma can be removed by the scissors or a small pair of 

 forceps, and the blood stopped by compression or a solution of alum, or, 

 what is much better, the thermo-cautery. Albrecht recommends that 

 the tumor he touched daily with a solution of chromic acid 1 to 30. Car- 

 cinoma and sarcoma generally require the removal of a portion of the 

 glans. (See chapter on Neoformations.) 



DISEASES OF THE TESTICLE AND ITS COVERINGS. 



Inflammation of the Scrotum. — We frequently see inflammatory 

 conditions of the scrotal covering as a result of contusions; they may, 

 however, be caused by eczema, which sometimes causes great swelling 

 and sensitiveness, the animal walking with a peculiar stradling gait; this 

 condition may involve the entire scrotal sac, and on account of the irrita- 

 tion of the tissues from the animal constantly licking and biting affected 

 part, it is very slow in healing, and frequently covers over a long period of 

 time before making a complete recovery. Occasionally partial necrosis 

 occurs, followed by sloughing of a portion of the scrotum. (See Diseases 

 of the Skin, under Eczema.) Moller has also seen serpentine varicosis of 

 the scrotum with ulceration and accompanied with profuse hemorrhage. 

 Treatment: Keep the animal in a dry kennel or let it He on a cushion and 



