264 ULCEROUS AFFECTIONS. 



case, give antimonial powder in doses of two or three grains, twice 

 a-day : when there is no constitutional disturbance, attend then 

 principally to the blain or vesicles which will be seen as large livid 

 bladders, studding the sides and under surface of the tongue. 

 Lay these open, and wash with a solution of zinc or alum several 

 times a-day. 



Glandular parts in dogs are very liable to ulceration ; the most 

 common among which are the teats in bitches. See Scirrhus. — 

 The vagina, sheath, or bearing, and sometimes the womb also, 

 are found to be aflfected with a morbid ulcerous state, which is 

 very usually accompanied with a fungous excrescence, from which 

 blood exudes, or a bloody ichor. This disease participates more 

 of the nature of cancer than any other to which dogs are generally 

 liable. See Cancer, 



The penis is likewise the subject of an ulcerous affection, 

 which is also commonly accompanied with a spongy fungous ex- 

 crescence, exuding a bloody ichor: but it does not erode the 

 neighbouring parts, and appears to partake more of the nature of 

 a vascular warty substance, than that of cancer. This state of 

 fungous excrescence on the penis is often mistaken for a disease of 

 the kidneys or bladder. A few drops of bloody fluid appear now 

 and then to come from the dog and, as in the act of making 

 water the last effort squeezes the fungus, and forces a drop or 

 two at that time, so it is concluded that either the urethra, or the 

 kidneys, or bladder, is affected. But, if the dog be held, and the 

 prepuce stripped down, so as to expose the penis throughout, there 

 will generally be found one or more large fungous knobs, from 

 which this bloody secretion proceeds. 



The cure consists in removing every one of these excrescences, 

 carefully and completely, with the knife, leaving no part of the 

 base or pedicle of each : having so done, sprinkle the excised part 

 with a little alum in fine powder ; and, unless the excrescence has 

 been very considerable (when it will be necessary to remove the 

 prepuce every day, to prevent an union of it to the penis), the rest 



