178 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 
selves, The primary ones are heat, redness, enlargement, and 
tenderness. These in time subside (with the exception of the 
enlargement, and this also is reduced as the condition be- 
comes sub-acute), leaving behind a thickened, lumpy gland. 
This may remain zz statu quo until the time of parturition 
again approaches, or at the period ofcestrum. The gland 
will then assume the same acute symptoms as in the first 
instance, and pass away with much the same result, except 
an observable iacrease in the enlargement. And so this 
may go on for years, gradually increasing, until at last the 
whole gland, and not unfrequently its neighbour, becomes 
obliterated, and in its place is a large indurated tumour, or, 
it may be, cancer, 
Treatment.—lIf the case is taken in hand during its acute 
stage, the early treatment laid down for mammitis— 
leeches, fomentation, saline aperients, rest, and removal 
from cold—should be adopted. When it occurs after par- 
turition, the whelps should either be removed and the teats 
drawn, or watched when suckling, that they do not irritate 
the part. The scrambling and application of their needle- 
like claws only tends to bruise and irritate the inflamed 
gland. If it can be done without distressing the mother, it 
is advisable to remove the whole or a portion of the family 
until nourishment is again required. 
In chronic cases, and when the gland is not wholly in- 
volved, and the enlargement not very considerable, the 
iodine ointment, or tincture, may be tried outwardly, and 
the iodide of potassium and iron inwardly, in the doses 
already prescribed. When the tumour becomes large, 
very pendulous and unsightly, or breaks, and gives vent to 
an offensive discharge, excision is decidedly indicated. The 
skin should be divided the whole length, or nearly so, of 
the tumour, the edges reflected, and the diseased mass, 
which is usually held by connective areolar tissue, is 
generally easily and quickly removed by dissection around 
