146 specific and Contagious Diseases. 



fully developed cases, the mouth being slimy and equally 

 offensive, and the feces are small, hard, glazed with 

 mucus, and emits the same disagreeable odour. The 

 end soon comes on. Dulness is followed by insensibility, 

 the animal lies stretched on the side, and life gradually 

 passes away. Uraemia may be due to disease of the 

 kidneys, but as a rule it is the result of obscure causes, 

 without special disease of those organs. 



Apncea.— This is a form of blood-poisoning arising 

 from an arrest of the functions of the skin. It is mainly 

 due to the use of large quantities of resinous ointments 

 and other agents which prevent due transpiration. 

 Among horses and sheep the disease is more or less 

 prevalent, but in dogs, as the skin is less active, this form 

 of disease is not so common. 



CHAPTER X. 

 SPECIFIC AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. 



Anthrax— Cholera— Diphtheria— Distemper— Eczema Epizootica— Glanders- 

 Measles —Rabies— Relapsing Fever— Septicaemia— Tuberculosis— Variola 

 or Small Pox. 



The specific diseases of the blood in canine animals 

 have received much greater attention in later years, and 

 close observation has been rewarded by the recognition 

 of various forms from which the system of the dog was 

 believed to be practically exempt. This may possibly be 

 due to the extension of the causes, the majority of which 

 bear close relation to our international relations with 

 other countries of the world. They present a wide field 

 for study, especially in their relation to the diseases of 

 mankind, and in a few years hence the present list may 

 be considerably extended and enriched by further dis- 

 coveries, removing many diflftculties we now experience. 



Anthrax, or Charbon, otherwise coal, derives its 



