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through the umbilicus and having attachments to the right 
thoracic region and shoulder, all of which appeared normal, 
excepting the kidneys, there being only one,- which was some¬ 
what hypertrophied. 
STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA IN A FOX-TERRIER DOG. 
By Roscoe R. Bell, D. V. S., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
A large fox-terrier dog was admitted to the hospital with 
the history that he made persistent efforts to urinate, but that 
only a small quantity passed after considerable straining. He 
was placed mider observation, and it was found that he would 
stand stretched as though endeavoring to pass urine for ten or 
fifteen minutes, when a few drops would be expelled. The 
catheter came in contact with an obstruction just before turn¬ 
ing the ischial arch, and the smallest flexible probe would go 
no further. An operation was decided upon, but his owner be¬ 
ing absent from the city, it could not be undertaken until her 
consent was obtained, as the prospect was that an artificial 
opening would have to be made on the vesical side of the 
stricture, which it was believed to be. While waiting for an 
answer from the owner, the dog collapsed in great pain, and 
laid upon his side groaning and howling. Knowing that his 
bladder had ruptured he was chloroformed, and a post-mortem 
held. The walls of the bladder were black with inflammation, 
