. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. ticed during defecation or urination. It is seen in the form of darkred wrinkles that protrude from the rectum as soon as the abdominalpressure has ceased. If the whole bowel is prolapsed, we find under thetail a cylindrical projection, which protrudes from where the anus was, andhangs downward. The mucous membrane that is exposed is wrinkled PROLAPSUS OF THE RECTUM 75 and congested, and at the centre of the dependent portion an indenta-tion is seen; this is the opening of the intestine. Through this we canintroduce the finger into the intestine. At t
. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. ticed during defecation or urination. It is seen in the form of darkred wrinkles that protrude from the rectum as soon as the abdominalpressure has ceased. If the whole bowel is prolapsed, we find under thetail a cylindrical projection, which protrudes from where the anus was, andhangs downward. The mucous membrane that is exposed is wrinkled PROLAPSUS OF THE RECTUM 75 and congested, and at the centre of the dependent portion an indenta-tion is seen; this is the opening of the intestine. Through this we canintroduce the finger into the intestine. At the anterior end, the mucousmembrane passes directly into the skin and the anal opening. If thereis any invagination, the membrane does not terminate at the anus, butseems to go into the rectum, and the protrusion can be lifted up andpassed into the rectum between the swelling and the rectum (see Fig. 35).Therapeutics.—The first thing to do is to remove the cause, whetherit be due to diarrhoea or constipation, by putting the animal under. Fig. 35.—Prolapsus of the rectum with invagination. treatment suitable for such conditions. The most important thing to dois to reduce the prolapsus as soon as possible; place the dog on his frontlegs and elevate the hind ones, and having cleaned and oiled the inflamedportion, return it to its normal position and fill it with astringent solu-tion, and if it is a long-standing case, opium in suppository or 5 percent, solution cocaine. If the mucous membrane is very much swollenand inflamed, it is best to scarify it slightly. If the folds of the mucousmembrane are blackened and necrosed from prolonged exposure, theymust be trimmed off with the scissors. The writer has generally suc-ceeded, even in very bad cases, in reducing the protrusions by bathing 7G DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE APPARATUS them with cokl water or l)y compressing the protruded intestine on arubber band, or muslin, commencing at the external end and windingtoward the base of th
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