SYMPTOMS 131 
to accommodate any increase, and sometimes rupture 
of the organ occurs with rapidly fatal results. The 
symptoms produced in cystitis are similar to those 
observed in nephritis, the animal making frequent 
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Fic. 15.—MALE VESICAL CATHETER. 
attempts at micturition, though passing, perhaps, only 
small quantities or even none at all. 
A moderate intermittent temperature may be recorded, 
and pain evinced on pressure of the flanks. Micturition 
as ee oie 
Fic. 16.—FEMALE VESICAL CATHETER, 
is always a painful process, and the animal sometimes 
cries out during its performance. A differential diagnosis 
may be arrived at by testing the urine and noting the 
absence of tube casts and albumin; by observing also 
Fic. 17.—URINE oF A DoG WITH CysTITIS, SHOWING Coccl, 
CRYSTALS, AND EPITHELIAL CELLS. 
(Miller and Glass, ‘‘ Diseases of the Dog.’’) . 
that the urine rapidly ferments and develops an ammo- 
niacal odour. The microscope will also reveal the 
presence of crystals of phosphates, numerous bacteria, 
epithelial cells, and, in rare cases, uric acid crystals. 
The malady is usually a curable one, though recur- 
