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DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS 



Number and Character of the Respiratory Movements. — Normal 

 breathing is performed in the dog, as in other animals, through muscular ac- 





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tion in inspiring, and the elasticity of the tissue of the lungs and the walls of 

 the chest in expiration; this is also aided by the pressure of the intestines 



