temper ; it is also, with some, merely the name for any 

 <:ough a dog may have. In Ireland it very commonlj 

 implies distemper. 



HYDROPHOBIA. 



As dogs never refuse water when mad, or ever 

 shew the least aversion to it, but on the contrary are 

 eager, from the fever they feel, to lap it, so it is evi- 

 dent this term is a complete misnomer with regard to 

 them : the reader is therefore referred to tlie article 

 Madness. 



INFLAMMATION. 



General inflammation, as simple fever, we have 

 shewn does not appear in dogs, except in distemper or 

 madness ; but individual inflammations of the vari- 

 ous organs of the body are very frequent. 



INFLAMED BLADDER. 

 This is not a very common complaint among dogs, 

 nevertheless it now and then appears ; and it is very 

 remarkable that this year (1810) there has been an 

 epidemic prevalent, in which this organ was in almost 

 every instance very much inflamed ; in some cases it 

 was exclusively so. This complaint shews itself by 

 great restlessness and panting ; in some cases the water 

 is evacuated by frequent drops, tinged with blood ; 

 in others there is a total stoppage of it, wlien ths 

 belly becomes swelled and very tender between the 

 hind legs. The animal should be liberally hied, and 

 •have opening medicines, but principally clysters and 

 the warm bath are to be resorted to. Diuretics arfi 

 improper, 



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