114 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 



Mr. Youatt, in writing on this subject, observes : " Inflam- 

 mation of tiie bladder is of frequent occurrence in the dog ; 

 it is also occasionally observed in the horse and the ox. It 

 sometimes appears as an epizootic. It is generally an- 

 nounced by anxiety, agitation, trembling of the hinder 

 limbs, frequent attempts to urinate, vain efforts to accom- 

 plish it, the evacuation small in quantity, sometimes clear 

 and aqueous, and at others mucous, laden with sediment, 

 thick and bloody, escaping by jets, painfully and with 

 great difficulty, and then suddenly rushing out in great 

 quantity. To this list of symptoms colic may often be 

 added. The animal drinks with avidity, but seldom eats 

 much, unless at the commencement of the complaint. The 

 skin is dry and hard, he looks at his flanks, and his back 

 and flanks are tender when pressed upon." 



" During the latter part of my connection with Mr. Blaine, 

 this disease assumed an epidemic character. There was a 

 very great drought through almost every part of the 

 country. The disease was characterised by general un- 

 easiness ; continual shifting of the posture ; a tucked-up 

 appearance ; an anxious countenance ; a quick and noisy 

 pulse; continued panting; the urine voided in small 

 quantities, sometimes discharged drop by drop, or complete 

 stoppage of it. The belly hot, swelled, and tender to the 

 touch ; the dog becoming strangely irritable, and ready to 

 bite even his master. 



" 1st May, 1824. — Two dogs had been making ineffectual 

 attempts to void their urine for nearly two days. The first 

 was a terrier and the other a Newfoundland. The terrier was 

 bled, placed in a warm bath, and an aloetic ball, with calomel, 

 administered. He was bled a second time in the evening, 

 and a few drops of waterwere discharged. On the following 

 day the urine slowly passed involuntarily from him, but 

 when he attempted to void any, his efiforts were totally 

 ineffectual. Balls composed of camphor, pulv. uva ursi, 

 tinct. ferri mur., mass purg., and pulv. lini. et gum arab. 



