DISEASES OF CATS 101 



disease may be followed later by any of the 

 diseases of the respiratory system or of the 

 digestive system, which in their local appear- 

 ance are the same as those already described 

 under diseases of these systems, but which are 

 more severe than they are in their sporadic 

 form, because they are grafted onto the body 

 of an animal already suffering from fever and 

 weakened by it. 



Let it be understood, however, that in cases 

 which have been going on for some little time, 

 while the present condition of the animal is 

 perfectly evident, it is not possible to make a 

 diagnosis between these two following con- 

 ditions : 



1. A cat which has been infected first with 

 distemper, has developed fever, and has the 

 complication of a severe broncho-pneumonia 

 or of a severe diarrhoea, or is excessively debili- 

 tated and weak or 



2. A cat which has been affected with a se- 

 vere bronchitis and broncho-pneumonia, or a 

 severe diarrhoea which is continued for some 

 little time, and has produced by the local irrita- 

 tion and inflammation a fever which is secon- 



