Varicocele] 3^3 [Varicocele 



the other form of tumour described, with treat- 

 ment the disease can be checked and the bitch 

 may breed, but it is seldom or ever radically- 

 cured, and it is a question whether it would not 

 be the soundest policy to destroy all bitches 

 affected with this disease in consequence of its 

 contagious nature, for although one bitch does 

 not contract it from another, a bitch going to a 

 dog when affected in this way is certain to infect 

 the dog, and it may be some time before it is 

 found out with him, and in the meantime he 

 may, if a popular stud dog, have infected many 

 bitches. If treatment is decided upon, the 

 affected parts should be thoroughly curetted or 

 scraped, and when the bleeding has ceased the 

 raw surface from where the growths have been 

 removed should, with the aid of a speculum, be 

 dressed with chromic acid mixed with equal parts 

 of water. The caustic must be repeated once or 

 twice a week, and the scraping occasionally, if 

 there are signs of the tumours growing again. 

 The treatment is often a long and tedious one. 



Varicocele : 



Symptoms: A swelling, varying in extent in 

 the scrotum and along the spermatic cord, feeling 

 not unlike a bag of worms. It generally occurs 

 on the left side. The affected testicle of the 

 same side generally gets smaller and soft, and 

 the complaint is sometimes accompanied by a 

 good deal of pain. 



Treatment: Attend to general health, keep 

 bowels well open, give regular exercise, and 

 avoid much meat. The local application of cold 



