128 DOGS : THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



with numerous small and bright red vessels, giving to the 

 part the appearance of acute inflammation. The vessels 

 now spoken of are not to be confounded with the veins 

 which are natural to this organ. These last are large, 

 and of a purple hue, while ttieir course is in the direction 

 of the circumference of the cornea. The small vessels, 

 indicative of distemper, are fine, bright in color, and their 

 course is towards the centre, or in a line directly the 

 opposite to that indicated by the veins. They are never 

 present during health, though they are often to be wit- 

 nessed in other diseases besides that which is here treated 

 of. A glairy mucus, or yellow fluid, moistens the nostrils, 

 and if the ear be applied to the head, the breathing will 

 be discovered to be accompanied with an unusual sound. 

 The cough is often severe and frequent ; it is sometimes 

 spasmodic the fits being almost convulsive, and termi- 

 nating with the ejection of a small quantity of yellow 

 frothy liquid, which is thrown off by the stomach. The 

 digestion is always impaired, and sickness is not unusual ; 

 the matter vomited having an offensive smell, and never 

 being again consumed by the animal, as is generally the 

 case when the creature is in health. The nose is dry 

 and harsh ; the coat staring and devoid of gloss : the 

 skin hotter than is customary, and the paws warm. The 

 pulse is perhaps quicker by twenty beats than during the 

 prior stage, but less full the artery feeling sharp, short, 

 and thin under the finger. 



When the symptoms described are apparent, the dis- 

 temper is easily recognised, but it is not likely to con- 



