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with a disinclination to accept the dog, is to be regarded 

 with suspicion ; as is also a display of peevishness and a 

 wish to he undisturbed in full-grown animals. These 

 things denote no more than the derangement of the sys- 

 tem ; but if, conjoined with them, the inner surface of 

 the lower eyelid should appear to be more red than usual, 

 and the pulse should be increased in number without 

 being materially altered in character ranging from one 

 hundred and twenty to one hundred and thirty in puppies , 

 and in dogs from one hundred and ten to one hundred 

 and twenty-five the probability of distemper maMng its 

 appearance is the greater, though even then by no means 

 certain. 



The period of the year, however, will also have to be 

 taken into consideration ; and inquiry should always be 

 made whether any animals in the immediate neighbor- 

 hood are known to have exhibited the disorder ; because 

 the disease is then proved to be in the locality. At this 

 stage the practitioner is always more or less in the dark ; 

 and therefore he contents himself with such measures as 

 he concludes are adapted to the symptoms, and waits for 

 further instructions which nature will speedily develope. 



When the disease is established, the animal is sensitive 

 to cold. It seeks warmth, and is constantly shivering ; 

 when taken hold of, it is felt to tremble violently, so 

 much so that the pul^e cannot be accurately counted. 

 The bowels are generally constipated. A thick purulent 

 discharge flows from the eyes ; and the white around the 

 eye, if the upper lid be retracted, will be seen covered 



