SPASM OF NECK OF BLADDER.
Spasm of the cervix vesicæ has been doubted, save as the result of local inflammation, yet it not uncommonly takes place in horses and other animals in connection with irritation attendant on the retention of urine during work, or in dogs during a period passed indoors. Trouble and suffering continues, with ineffectual efforts to micturate, but practically complete relief is secured by catheterization or by a spontaneous abundant discharge. The neurosis which leads to it is produced or aggravated at times by enlarged prostate, or lesions in the urethra. Intense fear may cause it.
Treatment. Remove cause. Give antispasmodics, valerian, musk, bromides, chloral hydrate, opium, stramonium, hyoscyamus, codeine, etc., may be given as injections or suppositories. For the horse spread the litter and soothe by whistle or song. Or use the catheter and correct any local irritation.