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•progress, duration, and termination, exhibits more 

 variety than any other complaint known. In very 

 numerous cases that occur, the first symptom noticed 

 is a violent looseness or scowering ; in others, an occa- 

 sional fit betokens its approach ; but in the majority 

 the first appearances observed are, a gradual Avasting ; 

 the dog loses flesh, perhaps for weeks before mucli 

 notice is taken of it ; a sliglit cough is observed ; and 

 bv de^-rees the nose and eves becomes moister than 

 usual, and w ater runs from them in small quantities. 

 This moisture gradually changes to matter, and the 

 eyes and nose are glued up v/ith it, particularly when 

 the dog is first observed hi the morning. 



There is, in genera!, a very great inclination to 

 sneeze, from the ailection of the nose ; but, according 

 to the part affected, so do the symptoms vary ; and as 

 these are as various as there are various parts almost, 

 so this disease becomes the most varied that can pos- 

 sibly exist. 



Dogs attacked with distemper exhibit generally all 

 the appearances of fever : they shiver much, and are 

 always seeking the fire ; they are dull, and have a dis- 

 inclination to food, and frequently there is an occasi- 

 onal sickness and thro\^ ing up. The progress of the 

 complaint is as various as its attack. 



The above are all the general symptoms that pre- 

 vail ; some cases have them all at the same time ; 

 many others have some only. The varieties are im- 

 mense, but there is no dog who has distemper but 

 what is attacked with some of the a])0ve syinptoms. 

 In some cases the disease is very long, even many 

 weeks, before it arrives at its height ; in others, its 



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