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same symptoms, due to pressure, may be excited; but rarely, however, are they 
nearly so severe as with tumors. 
Conception is not likely to occur where there is a polypus of considerable 
size, for it blocks the uterine canal. But a tumor will scarcely do this until quite 
large, and a bitch may have several litters before she becomes barren. Yet she 
would not be a sure breeder, but instead, would “miss” often, and occasionally 
have “false heats.” She would also more than likely have some dead puppies 
in her litters. 
When the tumors have become noticeably large and cysts have formed and 
are about to rupture, the victim manifests peculiar symptoms. She urinates 
frequently ; her abdominal enlargement seems to indicate that she is about to 
whelp, while the uneasiness exhibited over her bedding justifies this assumption. 
Suddenly there occurs a very profuse vaginal discharge of grayish slime, and 
this is followed by a little bleeding, which keeps up for three or four days. 
There is usually, also, traces of milk in the breasts. 
During this period the victim acts precisely as when in season and admitted 
to the presence of a dog; and if excluded from him, she will roll up her bedding, 
and on the top of the same give evidence of very intense promptings. 
The cysts having ruptured, much of the abdominal enlargement at once dis- 
appears, while the attendant symptoms rapidly subside and the patient is soon 
apparently well. But the tumor generally continues to grow, the abdomen again 
enlarges, and finally paralysis of the hind parts occurs; after which it is not long 
before the case ends fatally. 
Nothing can be done in the way of treatment to arrest the growth of tumors, 
nor is any required when the cysts rupture. 
Polypi should be removed by means of a snare, or they may be twisted from 
their attachments. 
