210 Diseases of the Generative System. 



CHAPTER XV. 

 DISEASES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM. 



Male Organs : Gonorrhcea— Imperforate Prepuce— The Penis— Amputation 

 — Scrotal Inflammation— Orchitis— Abscess of the Testicles— Scirrhus.— 

 Female Organs : Metritis, or Inflammation of the Womb— Dropsy — 

 Inversion, or Prolapsus— Haemorrhage, or Flooding— Amputation— Tumours 

 in the Vagina— Inversion, or Prolapsus— Amputation— Use of the Catheter. 

 —Diseases of the Organs of Lactation : Retention of Milk— Mam- 

 mitis, or Inflammation of the Milk Gland— Malignant Tumours— Warts— 

 GEstrum or Heat— Parturition. 



Male Organs.— Gonorrhoea, improperly so-called in 

 the dog, has been already described in the chapter^ on 

 Diseases of the Urinary Organs, under the term Posthitis. 

 The affection does not seem to arise from the trans- 

 mission of contagious principles in canine animals, as 

 in the human subject, therefore, the latter term is pre- 

 ferable. 



Imperforate Prepuce occurs as a congenital mal- 

 formation. The patient is unable to^ void urine in 

 consequence of the penis being entirely invested by the 

 prepuce, which has no opening. Retention of urine gives 

 rise to considerable distress, with probable swelling of the 

 prepuce and contiguous parts from infiltration, &c., of 

 fluid. Such cases should receive prompt attention from 

 the canine surgeon, who will secure relief by an 

 operation. 



The penis of the dog is subject to various forms of 

 non -malign ant growths, largely composed of the hyper- 

 trophied cells common to the epidermis, &c., sometimes 

 also spreading over the glands, and inner as well as the 

 outer surfaces of the prepuce. Such Warts, as they are 

 commonly designated, may be small, single, hanging by a 

 neck or cord, or otherwise flattened and diffused, formmg 

 large masses of a spongy and irritable nature, liable to 

 bleed or discharge a thin, watery fluid. The necessary. 



