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 human cancer, nor does it appear to give much pain, 

 or to injure the health ; and dogs who are suffered to 

 remain with it, live for a great length of tinje without 

 much inconvenience to themselves. This state admits 

 of only one cure, which is the complete removal of 

 the wiiole tumour. Th.e vagina or rather the womb 

 of bitches also frequently takes on an ulcerous state, 

 accompanied M'ith a fungous excrescence, which is 

 brought on oftentimes from the horrible brutality of 

 boys who force dogs from bitches in the act of copu- 

 lation. This complaintBdmits of no cure, that I have 

 w itnessed . In the penis of dogs also a similar fungous 

 excrescence sometimes forms, but it does not appear 

 to erode the neighbouring parts much : it increases 

 rather than diminishes the size, till its offecsiveuess 

 obli"^es the animal to be made away with. 



CANKER IN THE EAR. 



An effusion of blood or matter within the ear is a 

 Tery common complaint am^ong dogs. It participates 

 in nature with mange, being nothing more than an 

 outlet to the constitution to get rid of the overflux of 

 blood formed by too little exercise and too much 

 food. It is more common with Newfoundland dogs 

 than any other, and likewise in all dogs who are na- 

 turally fond of the water : hence it is also almost in- 

 digenous to poodles and other water spaniels. Setters 

 are also very liable to it. Not only do those dogs who 

 affect the water much prove naturally more obnoxious 

 to its attack, but the water itself appears particularly 

 to have a tendency to produce it. It appears first in 

 the form of a dry red substance within the ear, on 

 looking in it towards the bottom. This is nothing 



