Canine and feline surgery .. . eknife and curette must be used freely, the parts having beenansesthetised by cocaine solution or the animal placed underchloroform. The return of the growth is usually rapid, andthe animal is valueless for breeding purposes; as a rule a dog 1 Smith and Washbourn, Journal of Comparative Patliology and Tlierapeutics,Vol. XI.,p. 41. ii6 CANINE AND FELINE SURGERY. will not copulate with a bitch suffering from these vascularity is much increased at time of oestrum. In the bitch their growth can be very much retarded ifoophorectomy is performed in additi
Canine and feline surgery .. . eknife and curette must be used freely, the parts having beenansesthetised by cocaine solution or the animal placed underchloroform. The return of the growth is usually rapid, andthe animal is valueless for breeding purposes; as a rule a dog 1 Smith and Washbourn, Journal of Comparative Patliology and Tlierapeutics,Vol. XI.,p. 41. ii6 CANINE AND FELINE SURGERY. will not copulate with a bitch suffering from these vascularity is much increased at time of oestrum. In the bitch their growth can be very much retarded ifoophorectomy is performed in addition to the curetting i; theseoperations, however, should be done on separate occasions. As a sequel to the curetting, death has been known to ensuefrom inflammation of the bladder, owing to the retention ofurine consequent upon a swollen condition of the mucousmembrane of the vagina around the urethral orifice. Passing the Catheter.—In the smaller varieties this opera-tion is one of extreme difficulty, and in many cases quite. impossible on account of the small size of the urethral cats and small dogs a bougie can often be passed, andwill frequently answer the same purpose. Both catheters andbougies are made in sizes known according to the diameteras No. i to 12. For canine and feline work Nos. J to 5 answerin the majority of cases. In the female of the larger breeds, the instrument can bepassed whilst the animal is standing, but in smaller ones it isoften of advantage to place the patient in the dorsal positionand introduce a speculum as an aid to finding the urethral 1 Veterinary Kecord, Vol. X., p. 30. URETHRAL OPERATIONS. I17 entrance. The catheter, which in the female may be of elasticgum or metal, is guided gently by the forefinger into the orificeof the urethra, this being found as a small opening on the floorof the vagina, and carefully introduced in a slightly downwardand backward direction into the bladder. To pass the catheter in the male, the animal should
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