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CANINE AND FELINE SURGERY 



every precaution being taken in the way of frequent washing of the penis 

 after coitus with antiseptic lotions, a number of small growths made their 

 appearance on the penis. 



An examination can be made by stripping the prepuce, or 

 sheath, downwards over the root of the penis, steadily, and 

 to the extreme end. In a health}' dog this rarely causes any 



Fig. 171. — Penis of Bulldog with Contagious Venereal Tumours of about 

 Two Months' Growth. 



pain, and the mucous surface of the penis presents an even 

 appearance and is of a light pink colour. 



The infective tumours, if present, appear as small yellowish- 

 white raised patches about the size of a mustard-seed, or 

 (if further advanced) as well-defined growths either on the 

 sides or end of the penis, or at the extreme base, where they 

 look like clusters of unhealthy masses, which readily bleed 

 when touched. Both are very serious — the former because 

 they are liable to infect, high up, the generative passage of 



