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CHAPTER XL 

 DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF GENERATION. 



General Causes. Inflammation of the testicle. Dropsy of the scrotum, 

 Hydrocele. Water stones. Tumours of the sheatli. Disease of the penis. 

 Ulcers of the penis. Castration of males. Evil results of castration. Strang- 

 ulated cord. Swelling of the sheath. Phymosis. Paraphymosis. Tumour 

 on the spermatic cord. Castration of females. Castration of male birds. 

 Abortion. Difficult parturition. Premature labour pains. Induration of the 

 neck of the womb. Twisting of the neck of the womb. Polypus in the vagina. 

 Wrong presentations, deformities, etc. Maxims for assisting in difficult par- 

 turition. Anterior presentation with head or fore-limb tiu-ned back. Posterioi 

 presentation with one or both hind-limbs turned back. With water in the 

 head or abdomen. Disorders following parturition. Flooding. Retained 

 afterbirth. Leucorrhcea, catarrh of the womb or vagina. Eversion of the 

 womb or vagina. Inflammation of the womb. Metritis. Parturition fever, 

 milk lever, parturient apoplexy. 



Are mostly confined to breeding and dairying districts. They 

 are largeiy obviated by castration and the virgin condition. 

 Amongst the principal causes may be mentioned mechanical 

 injuries, excitement, and irritation accompanying coition, ges- 

 tation, parturition, over-officious or ill-directed assistance in 

 delivery, a very rich or poor diet, tuberculosis, poisons (ergot, 

 savin, rue, cantharides, etc.), sympathetic irritation from exces- 

 sive milking, from disease or injury of the mammary glands, of 

 the urinary organs, or of the rectum. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE TESTICLE 



Occurs mainly from external injury, though it may be roused 

 by excessiv-e copulation, or by glanderous deposit or other 

 diseased process in the organ. The animal moves stiffly and 



