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CHAPTER IY. 



DISEASES OF THE GREYHOUND. 



1. GENERAL DISEASES, WITH INCREASED ACTION OF THE HEART, ETC. 

 FEBRILE DISEASES. 



Ephemeral Fever, or Common Catarrh Influenza, or Epidemic Catarrh 

 Distemper or Typhus Fever Rheumatic Fever (often ending in Palsy) 

 Small-pox. 



EPHEMERAL FEVER. 



I shall now proceed with the consideration of the first class, viz. 

 Febrile Diseases, of which Ephemeral Fever, or Common Cold, is 

 the first on the list, and may be taken as the ordinary type, 

 though differing greatly in degree. Every one must be aware of 

 the symptoms of this, which are thirst and chilliness, with loss of 

 appetite, a little mucus at the corners of the eyes, which are dull 

 and heavy, warm nose, listlessness, with loss of strength, and 

 sometimes cough. This usually follows exposure to cold, and will 

 get well of itself in two or three days, if the dog is kept warm, has 

 a dose of castor oil and syrup of buckthorn, and no flesh, giving 

 him porridge made with weak broth. It is very often confounded 

 with distemper, the early stage of which it closely resembles, and 



