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at times, upon other parts of the mucosa. These tumors are soft and 

 friable and bleed freely upon being touched. They may be sessile 

 or somewhat pedunculated, resembling warts. The affection is of 

 a chronic character and seems to have no definite limitation, the 

 vegetations'continuing to increase in size month by month and 



Fig. 12A. Infectious Venkreai< Granuloma of Bitch. (C. A. White. ) 



finally become firm, lobulated masses, so intensely injected that 

 they assume a dark color. 



In the bitch, the symptoms are very similar. There is first a 

 bloody discharge from the vulva. Examination of the vulva and 

 vagina reveals vegetations of the same appearance as already 

 noted in the male.. These appear chiefly along the floor of the 

 vulva and, when very large, may protrude externally. The dis- 

 charge from the vulva is usually fetid. According to French, 



