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CANINE AND FELINE SURGERY 



boric acid, saline solution, Cond3''s fluid, or chinosol, con- 

 taining a little sedati\'e, such as belladonna or opium, and 

 internal bladder sedatives (such as urotropine or h^^oscyamus), 



or astringents and anti- 

 septics (such as ergot 

 or buchu), administered 

 b}- the mouth. 



When these appear to 

 be \'alueless, the onl)' 

 chance (a remote one 

 with most tumours) lies 

 in an operation. 



Operation. — Supra- 

 pubic lithotomy is per- 

 formed (see p. 257), the 

 bladder is exposed, and 

 if the growth is ex- 

 ternal, it is removed if 

 possible. If internal, the 

 bladder is opened and 

 the growth removed b}' 

 scalpel and curette, the 

 bladder being sutured 

 and after treatment 

 adopted as described 

 on p. 259. 

 Prognosis should be extremel)' guarded, and, before com- 

 mencing the operation the surgeon should obtain the owner's 

 permission to painlessl}- put the patient awa)- before con- 

 sciousness returns, if the case seems hopeless. 



Rievel reports a case - in a pointer in which a large round-celled 



' The specimen from which this sketch was made was taken from a 

 Yorkshire terrier, male, about six years old, and proved on microscopical 

 examination by Professor McFadyean to be a mucoid polypus. 



^ Veterinary Record, vol. xiii., p. 724 (^Berliner Thierdi'zt. IVoc/i., 

 Mayall's translation). 



Fig. 161. 



-Pedunculated Tumour of the 

 Bladder.i 



