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PROF. WALLEY. 
VENEREAL DISEASES IN THE LOWER ANIMALS, 
Read by Professor Walley before the Scottish Metropolitan Veterinary Medical 
Society. 
Continued from page 175. 
In the early part of the present year I was asked to examine 
a retriever dog in whom an obstinate eruption was presented on 
the skin covering the chin and around the eyes. I was informed 
that the animal had been under the care of another practitioner 
for some time, but that the treatment adopted had been unsuc¬ 
cessful. As my attention was only directed to this eruption, I did 
not think of looking further for the probable cause, though I was 
particularly struck by the peculiar character of the sores, and un¬ 
hesitatingly gave the opinion that they were of a specific nature. 
By the application of naphthol ointment, an agent, I may observe, 
of great value in some forms of skin disease, and the administra¬ 
tion of mercury, the sores rapidly improved and in fact were 
nearly healed, but several weeks subsequently the owner of the 
dog, noticing an eruption on the skin of the abdomen, again 
brought the dog to me for examination. One glance at this 
eruption satisfied me as to its resource and explained the origin 
of the sores around the eyes and on the chin; and, on extruding 
the penis, my suspicions were confirmed, the organ presenting on 
its external surface several well-marked venereal sores. These 
sores were treated, successively, with all the known topical reme - 
dies, not even excluding iodoform; and simultaneously, constitu¬ 
tional treatment was employed, but all to no purpose, and in the 
end the penis presented a most loathsome and horrible appear¬ 
ance. With the consent of the owner castration was performed. 
The good effects of the operation were as satisfactory as in the 
first case. 
I may remark that I have been informed, within the last few 
days, by one of my pupils, Mr. Carruthers, of Wigton, Cumber¬ 
land, that during the past summer an equally successful result 
was obtained by the adoption of this method of treatment in the 
case of a collie which had been the subject of venereal sores for 
a considerable period. 
