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induce a sensation of discomfort. At last a feeble moan 

 was uttered, which, when another pint or thereabouts 

 had been injected, burst into something approaching to a 

 cry. I then desisted. The tube was withdrawn, and, 

 hoping that the symptom of pain resulted from the con- 

 traction of the organic fibre under the stimulating effects 

 of the cold, the animal was ordered to be placed where 

 nothing could disturb it. 



" Having passed an hour in the company of my friend, 

 when about to leave I requested to see the dog once 

 more. The animal had been put into a hayloft, and I 

 was pleasantly surprised to hear it give tongue on our 

 approach : it came to meet us, and the change was such 

 as I could not have anticipated. The parts had regained 

 almost their natural appearance ; certainly they pre- 

 sented nothing to indicate the aspect they had exhibited 

 only a few hours before. 



" A mild aperient was given. The animal had no 

 other medicine, neither was any local application used. 

 For three days a slight discharge of a blackish color en- 

 sued ; but when this stopped, the animal was returned to 

 its owner cured." 



Hardened swellings, or indurated tumors in the teats, 

 are very common in the bitch. They are caused by the 

 milk being allowed to accumulate in the glands, and 

 there to curdle or act as a foreign body on the parts im- 

 mediately around it. The bitch will secrete milk, 

 although she has had no pups ; and a virgin bitch will do 

 so quite as actively as one that has been a mother. When 

 heat has subsided, although no intercourse has been per- 

 mitted at the period, when the birth would have taken 



