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void the urine were made and it was sometimes passed in 

 small quantities. General marasmus, laboured breathing, 

 disinclination to move, and pallid visible mucous mem- 

 branes were the other symptoms. The belly was tapped, 

 and about a pint of sero-sanguineous fluid trickled away 

 slowly ; the dog bore the operation well, but it had little 

 effect in reducing the size of the abdomen, which now felt 

 as if its contents were quite solid. The patient was given 

 diffusible stimulants, but gradually sank and died nine 

 hours after the operation. A tumour, the prostate in 

 an enlarged state, was found hanging from the pubic 

 region to the inferior part of the abdomen. It weighed 

 10£ lbs., whereas the rest of the carcass weighed 

 only 15£ lbs. (' Veterinary Record,' iii, 13th October, 

 1847). MacGillivray, of Banff, found prostatic disease 

 in a large retriever dog which had been passing blood 

 and matter in his urine. Progressive marasmus, stiff- 

 ness and unwillingness to move, pain in passing urine, 

 which act he performed every time he was taken from the 

 kennel (and the flow of which ended in the passage of a 

 couple of teaspoonfuls of very thin fluid pus, the last of 

 which was tinged with blood), and a very disagreeable 

 smell were the most prominent symptoms. Obstruction 

 to passage of the catheter was also observed. The patient 

 was treated with balsam of capivi and solutions of lunar 

 caustic injected into the urethra. Severe rigors and heart- 

 rending cries preceded death, which occurred about three 

 weeks after the animal was first seen. Autopsy showed 

 the prostate gland thrice its normal size, quite engorged 

 with thin, purulent fluid of a most offensive odour. The 

 bladder was half full of pus, and its mucous coat much 

 thickened.* The above typical cases, from among a 

 number recorded, illustrate the symptoms induced by this 

 important lesion. Prostatic disease is so seldom seen in 

 the other patients of veterinary surgeons that it is gene- 

 rally when found in the dog recorded as " pelvic tumour." 

 Under this name I have had two cases sent to me for 

 exhibition at professional meetings. The tumefaction of 



* ' Veterinary Journal,' vol. xiii. 



