SECTION V. 



DISEASES OF DOGS. 



I^^TRODUCTIOX. 



The (log seems to have been destined by the Creator to be 

 the friend and assistant of man. Throughout the dangers 

 and difficulties which beset the human being, particularly in 

 an inartificial condition of society, the dog has ever proved 

 himself the vigorous and faithful defender of his life and 

 property, as well as a powerful and essential auxiliary in 

 subduing other animals to his purpose, and of securing them 

 as his food. Without the assistance of the dog, man would 

 not even yet have obtained a beneficial dominion over the 

 various races of wild animals of the earth, or been able to 

 watch with sufficient care those creatures destined for his 

 support. 



Of all animals known to mankind, the dog is the most 

 diversified in form, size, proportions, properties, and intel- 

 lect, agreeing only in one striking and admirable peculiarity 

 — ^his constant attachment and fidelity to his master. Our 

 domestic dog, with all the varied knd striking varieties of 

 form, is, however, but one species ; changed and modified by 



