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cataract ; liver enlarged ; urine light yellow, transparent, acid ; density 

 1*036 ; contained 8 per cent, of glucose. 



Case 5.— Nine-year-old poodle. Usual history. 



Condition on Examination. — Somewhat frequent coughing ; chronic 

 bronchitis ; double cataract ; no enlargement of the liver ; urine cloudy, 

 clay-coloured, bearing in suspension little yellowish-grey flocculi ; 

 specific gravit}' i"024, acid, contained a little albumen ; no bile pig- 

 ments ; 2'6 per cent, of glucose. On microscopic examination of the 

 urine numerous epithelial cells, a few very granular cylindrical casts, 

 some red blood-corpuscles, and leucocytes were discovered. 



Case was not afterwards seen. 



Case 6. — Ten-j-ear-old pug. Left in hospital. No history. En- 

 larged liver and cataract. The urine contained a large proportion of 

 glucose. No quantitative analysis made. 



Case 7. — Twelve-year-old water-spaniel. Usual histor}'. Blindness 

 had been complete for a week. 



Condition on Examination. — Bilateral cataract ; lenses of a }-ellowish 

 colour ; liver enlarged ; deafness ; impaired sense of smell ; urine pale 

 yellow, acid, specific gravit}- i"042 ; contained 2"5 per cent, of glucose. 



Treatment. — Careful diet and administration of bicarbonate of soda. 



Brought back four months later to be operated on for cataract. At 

 this date the urine was albuminous, but only contained traces of sugar ; 

 heart normal. After operation on one eye the animal fell into a 

 comatose condition, and died four days later. 



Case 8. — Nine-year-old pug. Polyuria ; excessive thirst ; wasting ; 

 vision impaired for the past six weeks. 



Condition on Examination. — Opacity of both lenses; enlargement of 

 the abdomen, resembling abdominal dropsy. The li\'er extended more 

 than a hand's breadth beyond the last ribs ; weakness and wasting ; 

 urine light yellow, slightly albuminous, slightly acid, specific gravit}' 

 i*03i ; contained 9*4 per cent, of glucose. 



Case 9. — Nine-year-old terrier. Usual history. 



General Condition. — Badly nourished ; diffuse cloudiness of both 

 lenses; enlarged li\'er ; urine straw-coloured, slightly turbid, and acid, 

 density i'039 ! contained a little albumen and mucin in addition to 8 

 per cent, of glucose. 



