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shows the greatest disturbance, and there 

 is no disease common to dog life which 

 tends more to search out and find the weak 

 spots than distemper. It often happens 

 that a latent weakness, perhaps entirely 

 unsuspected, is brought to notice; and it 

 may be aggravated to an extent that, in 

 some cases, may prove to be very serious. 



Dogs of a high strung, nervous tempera- 

 ment are more subject to nervous affections 

 than are those of one more phlegmatic, as 

 the inflammation and derangement of the 

 nerve centers may not apparently disturb 

 the equanimity of the latter, while the same 

 causes will produce a marked appearance of 

 irritation of the nervous system in the for- 

 mer. So also almost any weakness, visible 

 or otherwise, will be differently affected in 

 different animals, often when we are unable 

 to determine the cause for any variation. 



Eczema* 

 Eczema is frequently a result of dis- 



