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INFLAMMATIONS. 



COMPARATIVE TABLE OF CHRONIC SYMPTOMS. 



These various forms constantly run into one another, so that we 

 rarely find pleurisy without some degree of pneumonia, or pneu- 

 monia without bronchitis. Still, one generally predominates over 

 the other, and, as far as treatment is concerned, the malady pre- 

 dominating may be considered as distinct. So, also, there is every 

 shade between the very acute form, the acute, the subacute, the 

 chronic, and the permanently chronic. For practical purposes, 

 however, the two divisions are sufficient. 



SPASMODIC ASTHMA. 



What is often called asthma in the dog is nothing more than a 

 chronic form of bronchitis, very common among petted toy dogs 



