314 dogs: their management. 



the urinal orifice, and sometimes almost impedes the pas- 

 sage of the water. The symptom being neglected, the 

 running becomes less consistent. The part is frecLuently 

 erect, and the animal persists in licking it. The organ is 

 now painful, arid should be without delay attended to. 

 If, however, no heed be taken of the creature's necessity, 

 to which its instinct directs the proprietor's eye, swellings 

 appear about the sheath, and blood is mingled with the 

 exudation. Sores then appear externally, and the mem- 

 ber becomes a mass of acute disease, often of a frightful 

 character. 



If, when, the discharge first iippiears, the dog be taken 

 on the knee, and its back being slightly bent, so as to 

 bring the hind-legs forward — ^if, having the aniinal in this 

 position, the sheath be retracted, so as to expose the 

 glans, it is generally found to be inflamed. "When the 

 case is slight, the inflammation is confined to' the base of 

 the member, just around that part where the lining mem- 

 brane is reflected upon the inner surface of tlie prepuce. 

 As far back, therefore, as it can be exposed, a little red- 

 ness may be discovered ; but this will be so distributed 

 as to convince us that the interior of the sheaith is also 

 involved. All the inflammation that can be detected 

 will not be sufficient to account for the quantity of pus 

 that is thrown out ; and soifte persons have therefore 

 allowed the disease to progress, ima^ning there was no- 

 thing present requiring to be treated. This is always a 

 mistake. The lining membrane of the prepuce in these 

 animals cannot be readily laid bate, and that part is 



