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secondary to venous stasis, paraphimosis and phimosis, or it may 

 be traced to an initial lesion produced by traumatism or the pre- 

 sence of neoplasms or a foreign body. It is often seen during 

 the course of distemper or eczema. 



Siedamgrotzky saw two cases of a fatal infectious disease 

 which had its inception as a virulent preputial catarrh with edema 

 of the scrotum, prepuce, inguinal and other external lymphatic 

 glands, together with leucocytosis. 



Symptoms and Diagnosis. The prepuce is slightly injected and 

 swollen, and emits a yellowish, greenish purulent liquid, which 

 is generally licked away by the animal. The hairs surrounding 

 the preputial orifice are often agglutinated. As a rule, the neigh- 

 boring lymphatics are slightly enlarged, and in rare instances may 

 suppurate. 



Treatment. This consists of injection of astringent solutions, 

 such as sulphate of zinc (5:1000), nitrate of silver (i :ioo), citrate 

 of silver (2:100), two or three times daily. Neoplasms, if pre- 

 sent, must be ablated. 



PHIMOSIS. 



This is a condition of morbid contraction of the free extremity 

 of the prepuce in front of the glans penis. It is not uncommonly 

 of congenital origin, when the orifice is often exceedingly minute. 

 It may also occur as a result of traumatism or of swelling induced 

 by local inflammatory disturbances. 



Symptoms and Diagnosis. There is more or less obstruction 

 to. the flow of urine, and in extreme cases the latter is passed by 

 drops. The animal is also unable to copulate. 



Treatment. Under local anesthesia and with a bistoury and 

 grooved director, make a longitudinal incision in the middle of the 

 inferior aspect of the prepuce of sufficient length to permit of free 

 protrusion of the penis. A single incision is, however, usually in- 

 sufficient, for the reason that the resultant cicatrization leaves the 

 parts in the same or worse condition than before. Therefore, the 

 preputial ring should be circumcised and the mucosa stitched to 

 the outer skin. The stitches may be removed at the end of a 

 week. Care must be exercised to remove as little of the free ex- 

 tremity of the prepuce as possible or the penis will afterwards 

 protrude. Supplementary treatment consists of antiseptic irriga- 

 tion of the parts. 



