130 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 



If the animal is plethoric a dose of aperient medicine is 

 advisable. If ansemic, tonics should be given, and a liberal 

 but unstimulating diet allowed. 



Occasionally the same condition exists in bitches, and 

 may be removed by the same measures. 



WARTS ON THE PENIS. 



These are not unfrequent in the dog. They may be the 

 result of the former complaint, or exist independently. 

 There may be only a single growth, or several isolated, or 

 they may be clustered together. 



Treatment. — The seat of the affection having been ex- 

 posed, the excrescences may be removed by excision or 

 ligature, after which the parts should be slightly pencilled 

 with lunar caustic. When there is an excessive congrega- 

 tion of warts, and a large amount of mucous membrane is 

 involved, the repeated application of caustic or acetic acid 

 will be the safest remedy. Occasionally warty adhesion 

 exists between the sheath and the penis, which is of serious 

 importance in stud dogs. In such a case a competent 

 canine veterinary surgeon should be consulted, the necessary 

 operation being too delicate for an amateur to attempt. 



SCROTAL IRRITATION. 



Dogs, especially aged ones, and those which have been 

 freely used for stud purposes, are frequently troubled with 

 irritation of the scrotum, which has been described by some 

 authors (in my opinion, wrongly) as cancer. 



Causes. — The irritation is due to a plethoric condition of 

 the scrotum. The circulation of blood in the integument 

 being excessive, an amount of congestion takes place, 

 resulting in the irritation named, which Nature endeavours 

 to relieve by a serous exudation in the form of pimples. 



Symptoms. — The first indications are those usually found ir 

 all inflammatory processes — heat, redness,swelling, and sore- 

 ness. Inthecourseof afewdays minutepimples appear; these 



