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mal. Among these causes are overfeeding, 

 worms, sudden fright, extreme heat, ex- 

 haustion from too long continued exercise, 

 and in several instances I have seen a 

 young dog go into convulsions from sym- 

 pathetic affection of the nerves upon wit- 

 nessing the spasms of a companion. Occa- 

 sionally dogs will have fits from some cause 

 that it is impossible to determine. In such 

 cases epilepsy is to be feared, especially if 

 the attacks should often recur. 



Epilepsy. 



Epilepsy, or at least a tendency to it, is 

 often transmitted from the parents, hence 

 the necessity of selecting for the breeding 

 kennel only such animals as are free from 

 this as well as other diseases. There is 

 always present in this disease some disturb- 

 ance of the nerves, often of such a nature 

 as to defy the most elaborate and scientific 

 diagnosis. 



In human practice — aside from the care 



