152 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



Treatment. — Treatment, to be effective, must be prompt and judi- 

 cious. Put a strap around the patient with soft pads in contact with 

 the affected parts, constantly soaked in cold water for at least twenty- 

 four hours. A pound or two of Epsom salts in 4 quarts of hot water 

 should also be given. The second day the parts may be washed with 

 1 quart of witch-hazel (extract), 2 drams sugar of lead, and 1 ounce 

 laudanum, or the cold water irrigations may be continued if the active 

 inflammation persists. In case the swelling continues hard and resist- 

 ant, it may be pricked at the most prominent points to the depth of 

 one-third of an inch with a lancet first dipped in dilute carbolic acid, 

 and the whole surface should be washed frequently with chlorin 

 water or other antiseptic. 



When softening occurs in the center of a hard mass and fluctuation 

 can be felt between two fingers pressed on different parts of such soft- 

 ening, it should be freely opened to let out the putrid pus, and the 

 cavity should be syringed often with chlorin water. 



In bad cases extensive sloughs of dead skin, of the whole wall of the 

 sheath, and even of the penis, may take place, which will require care- 

 ful antiseptic treatment. The soaking of the urine into the inflamed 

 and softened tissue and the setting up of putrefactive action not only 

 endanger great destruction of the tissues from putrid inflammation, 

 but even threaten life itself from a general blood poisoning (septice- 

 mia). Every case should have skillful treatment to meet its various 

 phases, but in the severe ones this is most urgently demanded. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE URETHRA (GONORRHEA). 



Like other males, the bull sometimes suffers from inflammation of 

 the canal which conveys the urine through the penis, and forms a con- 

 sequent whitish muco-purulent discharge. It may have originated in 

 gravel, the excitement of too frequent service, infection from a cow 

 with leucorrhea, or from extension of inflammation from the sheath. 

 Besides the oozing of the whitish liquid from the end of the penis and 

 sheath, there is tenderness and pain when handled, and while there is 

 no actual arrest of the urine, its flow is subject to frequent voluntary 

 checks, as the scalding liquid irritates the tender surface. 



Treatment. — If recognized before the discharge sets in, a dose of Im- 

 pounds of Epsom salts and local warm fomentations would be appro- 

 priate. After the onset of the whitish discharge a daily injection 

 into the penis of a solution of 20 grains of permanganate of potash in 

 a pint of water will be beneficial. 



WARTS AND PAPILLARY GROWTHS ON THE PENIS. 



These are not frequent in bull or ox. They may interfere with the 

 protrusion of the organ from its sheath or with service, and always 

 give rise to a bad smelling discharge. 



