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Vagina (Stricture of) : 



Symptoms : This frequently occurs with bitches, 

 more particularly with griffons and bulls. It does 

 not cause any inconvenience, and it is seldom 

 found out until it is wished to breed from her, 

 and then proper service is not possible in 

 consequence of the passage being constricted 

 with a sort of fibrous ring". 



Treatment : It consists in forcibly dilating the 

 passage either with dilating forceps, or if these 

 are not at hand it can easily be done with a well- 

 greased finger. It is best to pass the point of 

 the small finger first, and then afterwards the 

 forefinger. Care must be taken not to use too 

 much force to injure the parts. There is no 

 objection to the bitch being served immediately 

 after the dilatation has taken place. 



Vagina (Tumour of) : 



Symptoms : The vagina is subject to a variety 

 of tumours, as cancer, sarcoma, and particularly 

 to a form of growth of a malignant and con- 

 tagious nature to which bull - bitches seem 

 especially liable. They are red, with broad 

 base, and have the appearance of a ripe rasp- 

 berry, but often larger. They vary in size from 

 a raspberry to a Tangerine orange. They are 

 particularly vascular, bleeding at the slightest 

 touch. The growths extend inwards and out- 

 wards, often eating the vulva away. There is 

 always more or less of a blood-like discharge. 



Treatment : There is no cure for cancer or 

 sarcoma when once established : the bitch 

 should be mercifully destroyed. With regard to 



