210 Diseases of the Generative System. 
CHAPTER XV. 
DISEASES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM. 
Mate Orcans: Gonorrhea—Imperforate Prepuce—The Penis—Amputation 
—Scrotal Inflammation—Orchitis—Abscess of .the Testicles—Scirrhus,— 
FEMALE OrcaNns: Metritis, or Inflammation of the Womb—Dropsy— 
Inversion, or Prolapsus—Hamorrhage, or Flooding— Amputation—Tumours 
in the Vagina—Inversion, or Prolapsus—Amputation—Use of the Catheter, 
—DrsEAsES OF THE ORGANS OF Lactation: Retention of Milk—Mam- 
mitis, or Inflammation of the Milk Gland—Malignant Tumours—Warts— 
strum or Heat—Parturition. 
Male Organs.—Gonorrheea, improperly so-called in 
the dog, has been already described in the chapter on 
Diseases of the Urinary Organs, under the term Posthitis. 
The affection does not seem to arise from the trans- 
mission of contagious principles in canine animals, as 
in the human subject, therefore, the latter term is pre- 
ferable. , 
Imperforate Prepuce occurs as a congenital mal- 
formation, The patient is unable to void urine in 
consequence of the penis being entirely invested by the 
prepuce, which has no opening. Retention of urine gives 
rise to considerable distress, with probable swelling of the 
prepuce and contiguous parts from infiltration, &c., of 
fluid. Such cases should receive prompt attention from 
the canine surgeon, who will secure relief by an 
operation. ; 
The penis of the dog is subject to various forms of 
.hon-malignant growths, largely composed of the hyper- 
trophied cells common to the epidermis, &c., sometimes 
also spreading over the glands, and inner as well as the 
outer surfaces of the prepuce. Such Warts, as they are 
commonly designated, may be small, single, hanging by a 
neck or cord, or otherwise flattened and diffused, forming 
large masses of a spongy and irritable nature, liable to 
bleed or discharge a thin, watery fluid. The necessary 
