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Calculi of the Bladder, Cystitis and Rupture
The Veterinary 'Journal.
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potassium three times a day, and on the gth removed, with trocar and cannula, three pints and three ounces of fluid; on November 28 the dog was again tapped, and three pints eleven ounces were removed. On December 7 fifty-six ounces were taken away, and as the patient was not brought to the infirmary again I concluded that she had either died or been destroyed. However; on October 26 of this year the owner brought her into hospital in a state of extreme collapse, this time suffering from acute gastritis. I was agreeably surprised to find that all traces of the ascites had disappeared, and I thought that as the case was probably exceptional it would be of interest .to the readers of the Journal as illustrating that beneficial results sometimes follow operative interference.
CALCULI
OF THE BLADDER, CYSTITIS AND RUPTURE. BY T. HIBBARD, M. R. C. V.S., GILLINGHAM.
THE patient, a valuable setter, was brought into hospital on October 19 with distinct symptoms of cystitis; it was straining and endeavouring, but ineffectually, to pass urine, apparently being in a good deal of pain. I managed to pass a No. 6 catheter without much difficulty, and afterwards unsuccessfully attempted a No. 9 size, but could not withdraw any fluid from the bladder. The end of the catheter was covered with a little muco-purulent material. Matters progressed fairly satisfactorily as far as the pain was concerned, and two days later the dog seemed slightly better, but at mid-day he suddenly became collapsed, and died in a comatose condition about six o'clock p.m. Upon post-mortem examination I found that the bladder had ruptured and that the interior was intensely inflamed and contained about a dozen small calculi. There were no stones in the urethra itself, but the prostate glands were very much enlarged , and I think that there was probably some connection between that and the inflammation of th e bladder.
SOME CLINICAL NOTES FROM COUNTRY PRACTICE. ·ny MISS ALEEN CUST, BALLYGAR, CO. GALWAY.
CoNGENITAL ABSENCE oF FoRE-LI MBs IN A CAL F. CASE 1.-This calf was first seen when about a fortnight old. It had been born without any difficulty, and kept always healthy and in good condition. It occasionally moved, shuffling along on its sternum, propelled by its bind-limbs. Careful manipulation revealed the presence of a small rudimentary scapula on the left side, but a complete absence of any limb on the right side. This was borne out on post-mortem examination, there being no trace of a right limb.
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potassium three times a day, and on the gth removed, with trocar and cannula, three pints and three ounces of fluid; on November 28 the dog was again tapped, and three pints eleven ounces were removed. On December 7 fifty-six ounces were taken away, and as the patient was not brought to the infirmary again I concluded that she had either died or been destroyed. However; on October 26 of this year the owner brought her into hospital in a state of extreme collapse, this time suffering from acute gastritis. I was agreeably surprised to find that all traces of the ascites had disappeared, and I thought that as the case was probably exceptional it would be of interest .to the readers of the Journal as illustrating that beneficial results sometimes follow operative interference.
CALCULI
OF THE BLADDER, CYSTITIS AND RUPTURE. BY T. HIBBARD, M. R. C. V.S., GILLINGHAM.
THE patient, a valuable setter, was brought into hospital on October 19 with distinct symptoms of cystitis; it was straining and endeavouring, but ineffectually, to pass urine, apparently being in a good deal of pain. I managed to pass a No. 6 catheter without much difficulty, and afterwards unsuccessfully attempted a No. 9 size, but could not withdraw any fluid from the bladder. The end of the catheter was covered with a little muco-purulent material. Matters progressed fairly satisfactorily as far as the pain was concerned, and two days later the dog seemed slightly better, but at mid-day he suddenly became collapsed, and died in a comatose condition about six o'clock p.m. Upon post-mortem examination I found that the bladder had ruptured and that the interior was intensely inflamed and contained about a dozen small calculi. There were no stones in the urethra itself, but the prostate glands were very much enlarged , and I think that there was probably some connection between that and the inflammation of th e bladder.
SOME CLINICAL NOTES FROM COUNTRY PRACTICE. ·ny MISS ALEEN CUST, BALLYGAR, CO. GALWAY.
CoNGENITAL ABSENCE oF FoRE-LI MBs IN A CAL F. CASE 1.-This calf was first seen when about a fortnight old. It had been born without any difficulty, and kept always healthy and in good condition. It occasionally moved, shuffling along on its sternum, propelled by its bind-limbs. Careful manipulation revealed the presence of a small rudimentary scapula on the left side, but a complete absence of any limb on the right side. This was borne out on post-mortem examination, there being no trace of a right limb.