122 THE MANAGEMENT AND DISEASES OF THE DOG. 



ered the lining membrane of tlie bladder, the walls of which 

 were thickened. The pelvis of the right kidney was much 

 dilated, but these organs were otherwise healthy. 



" Messrs. Gowing's view of the frequency of calculous 

 concretions in the dog is supported by the results of their own 

 practice. We are indebted to them for several very interest- 

 ing cases, but none more so than the one which is recorded 

 in the present number of the journal.]" — Veterinarian. 



RETENTION OF URINE. 



This may proceed from^paralysis of either the muscular coat 

 of the bladder, the result of protracted distension, and though 

 this is rare in dogs, who, by habit, are continually urinating, 

 yet there are some who, from customary cleanliness, would, 

 if confined, retain their urine to their own pain rather than 

 misbehave themselves ; or it may occur from compression of 

 the urethra by enlargement of the prostate gland, or bruises 

 to the perinseum, calculi in the urethra or bladder, urethritis, 

 stricture, blood-clots, diseased penis, imperforate urethra, 

 paralysis, may each severally act as causes of retained urine. 



Mr. Blaine records a case of death in a Newfoundland 

 dog, from the bladder of which he took forty or fifty calculi. 

 He observes : " Death in this instance was occasioned by the 

 obstruction to the passage of urine by means of these stones." 



A short time since, I had an opportunity during a profes- 

 sional call on the gentleman to whom this work is dedicated, 

 of seeing what had been a case of retention of urine, in a fox 

 terrier puppy, a few days old, due to an imperforate prepuce. 

 This had been removed by his medical attendant, W. Hasle- 

 hurst, Esq., by slitting the prepuce along from its under sur- 

 face to the end. The case did well, and the puppy was 

 reared. 



Symptoms. — The animal exhibits great restlessness, he is 

 continually and vainly endeavoring to urinate ; he moves un- 



