114 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 
Mr. Youatt, in writing on this subject, observes: “Inflam- 
mation of the bladder is of frequent occurrence in the dog ; 
it is also occasionally observed in the horse and the ox. It 
sometimes appears as an epizootic. It is generally an- 
nounced by anxiety, agitation, trembling of the hinder 
limbs, frequent attempts to urinate, vain efforts to accom- 
plish it, the evacuation small in quantity, sometimes clear 
and aqueous, and at others mucous, laden with sediment, 
thick and bloody, escaping by jets, painfully and with 
great difficulty, and then suddenly rushing out in great 
quantity. To this list of symptoms colic may often be 
added. The animal drinks with avidity, but seldom eats 
much, unless at the commencement of the complaint. The 
skin is dry and hard, he looks at his flanks, and his back 
and flanks are tender when pressed upon.” 
“ During the latter part of my connection with Mr. Blaine, 
this disease assumed an epidemic character. There was a 
very great drought through almost every part of the 
country. The disease was characterised by general un- 
easiness ; continual shifting of the posture; a tucked-up 
appearance ; an anxious countenance; a quick and noisy 
pulse; continued panting; the urine voided in small 
quantities, sometimes discharged drop by drop, or complete 
stoppage of it. The belly hot, swelled, and tender to the 
touch ; the dog becoming strangely irritable, and ready to 
bite even his master. 
“1st May, 1824.—Two dogs had been making ineffectual 
attempts to void their urine for nearly two days. The first 
was a terrier and the other a Newfoundland. The terrier was 
bled, placed in a warm bath, and an aloetic ball, with calomel, 
administered. He was bled a second time in the evening, 
and a few drops of water were discharged. On the following 
day the urine slowly passed involuntarily from him, but 
when he attempted to void any, his efforts were totally 
ineffectual. Balls composed of camphor, pulv. uva ursi, 
tinct. ferri mur., mass purg., and pulv. lini. et gum arab. 
