Ii6 TJie Management and Diseases of the Dog. 



" On the next morning he was found dead. All the 

 viscera were sound except the bladder, which was ruptured ; 

 the abdomen contained two quarts of bloody fluid. * The 

 mucous membrane of the bladder appeared to be in the 

 highest state of inflammation. It was almost black with 

 extravasated blood., On the neck of the bladder was an 

 enlargement of the size of a goose's egg, and almost filling 

 the cavity of the pelvis. On cutting into it more than two- 

 ounces of pus escaped. 



" On June 29, 1833, a poodle was brought to me. He ha(i 

 not been observed to pass any urine for two days. He 

 made frequent attempts to void it, and cried dreadfully. 

 The bladder could be felt distended in the abdomen. I 

 put him into a warm bath, and took from him a pound of 

 blood ; he seemed to be a little relieved. I did not leave 

 him until after midnight, but was soon roused by his loud 

 screams, and the dog was also retching violently ; the cries 

 and retching gradually abated, and he died. The bladder 

 had burst and the parietes were in a fearful state of 

 inflammation. 



" A dog had laboured under incontinence of urine more 

 than two months. The water was continually dropping 

 from him. The servant told me that, three months before, 

 he had been shut into a room two days and, being a cleanly 

 animal, would not stale until he was liberated ; soon after 

 that the incontinence of urine was observed. I gave the 

 usual tonic balls, with a small portion of opium, night and 

 morning, and ordered cold water to be frequently dashed 

 on the perinseum. A month afterwards he was quite well."^ 



Treatment. — I cannot agree with Youatt in the adoption 

 of depletive measures, especially when carried to such an 

 extent in the abstraction of blood. In very acute cases 

 moderate local venesection, by the application of leeches ta 

 the perinseum, is at times attended with benefit. More good, 

 however, will be derived from hot loin baths — this, again, 

 is opposed to his cold-water treatment. The latter I am. 



