TUBERCULOSIS OF THE PROSTATE.
This is a common seat of tubercle in generalized tuberculosis in cattle, and may give rise to the same urinary troubles as chronic prostatitis or hypertrophy of the organ. In a remarkable case recorded by Frauenholz the tuberculous prostate of an ox weighed 10½ lbs. and had contracted adhesions to surrounding pelvic organs. Section of the mass showed numerous centres of extensive caseous degeneration. In such cases the generalized tuberculosis is the important fact and the prostatic disease is only an unusually intractable complication. If less generalized, the implication of the testicle or epididymus is strongly suggestive, and examination of the urine may detect the tubercle bacillus, or the tuberculin test may develop the characteristic febrile reaction.