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affords the animal no relief, and it seeks such posi- 

 tions as will afford it the most fresh air, as a space 

 at the bottom of the kennel door or any other chink 

 where a draught comes through. The internal 

 temperature is generally about 105° Fahr. ; the 

 breathing is quick and extends to the flanks, but at 

 the later stages of the malady the cheeks (flews) 

 are used as an auxiliary for pumping air in and out 

 of the lungs ; this is known as oral breathing, and is 

 usually precursive of a fatal issue. The temperature 

 may run up to 107° Fahr., or a trifle higher, but the 

 dog rarely lives many hours under these circum- 

 stances. When pleurisy is present friction sounds 

 are present during the early stages of the trouble, 

 but with the advent of effusion they disappear. If 

 the malady takes a favourable course and the fluid 

 is reabsorbed the friction sounds may again reappear, 

 but in a modified form. Distemperic pleuro-pneu- 

 monia is, in the writer's experience, a very low form 

 of disease; the reparative powers of the tissues are 

 weak, whilst the changes observable post-mortem 

 are generally extensive, implicating lungs, pleural 

 membranes, pericardium, mediastinum and lym- 

 phatic glands in connection therewith. When 

 pneumonia develops independently of distemper 

 the writer believes that it is much more re- 

 sponsive to treatment, probably accountable on 

 the ground that the animal has not suffered 



