116 The Management and Diseases of the Deg. 
“On the next morning he was found dead. All the 
viscera were sound except the bladder, which was ruptured ; 
the abdomen contained two quarts of bloody fluid. The 
mucous membrane of the bladder appeared to be in the 
highest state of inflammation. It was almost black with 
extravasated blood. On the neck of the bladder was an 
enlargement of the size of a goose’s egg, and almost filling 
the cavity of the pelvis. On cutting into it more than two 
ounces of pus escaped. 
“On June 29, 1833, a poodle was brought tome. He had 
not been observed to pass any urine for two days. He 
made frequent attempts to void it, and cried dreadfully. 
The bladder could be felt distended in the abdomen. I 
put him into a warm bath, and took from him a pound of 
blood ; he seemed to be a little relieved. I did not leave 
him until after midnight, but was soon roused by his loud 
screams, and the dog was also retching violently ; the cries 
and retching gradually abated, and he died. The bladder 
had burst and the parietes were in a fearful state of 
inflammation. 
“A dog had laboured under incontinence of urine more 
_than two months. The water was continually dropping 
from him. The servant told me that, three months before, 
he had been shut into a room two days and, being acleanly 
animal, would not stale until he was liberated; soon after 
that the incontinence of urine was observed. I gave the 
usual tonic balls, with a small portion of opium, night and 
morning, and ordered cold water to be frequently dashed 
on the perineum. A month afterwards he was quite well.” 
Treatment.—\ cannot agree with Youatt in the adoption 
of depletive measures, especially when carried to such an 
extent in the abstraction of blood. In very acute cases 
moderate local venesection, by the application of leeches to 
the perinzum, is at times attended with benefit. More ood, 
however, will be derived from hot loin baths—this, again, 
is opposed to his cold-water treatment. The latter I am 
