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tration of an injection is in the first instance almost cer- 

 tain to alarm the animal, who can neither understand 

 nor passively sanction the strange liberty the operation 

 implies. A little soothing, however, will restore his con- 

 fidence, and he who has gained the trust of a dog, may 

 subsequently do as he pleases with the body of the gene- 

 rous and confiding beast. 



NERVOUS DISEASES. FITS IN THE DOG. 



YOUATT speaks of fits as particularly fatal to the dog, 

 saying they " kill more than all the other diseases put 

 together." The experience of this esteemed authority is 

 in direct variance with my own save from distemper. 

 When the fits occur in that disease they are mostly 

 fatal, being the wind-up of all the many evils which the 

 malady in its most intense and malignant form can accu- 

 mulate on one doomed life I have not otherwise found 

 them especially troublesome. 



Fainting fits require little attention ; if the dog be 

 left quiet, it will in due time often recover without medi- 

 cine. 



Puerperal, or rather pupping fits, are treated of in 

 their fitting place, and, if properly administered to, are 

 by no means dangerous. 



Fits par excellence are witnessed when a dog is taking 

 a long walk with its master ; the animal at first lingers 

 behind, or gets a long distance before the proprietor, who 

 notices the fact, but contents himself with whistling and 



