46 DISEASES Oi- D[)GS. 



aiid^ for the purpose of causing- the hlood to flow^ 

 the finger shouUl be pressed on the vein a little 

 below the orifice. When sufficient blood has been 

 drawn, the punctiu'e need not be pinned^ nor any 

 Avay closed^ as the dog by holding down his head 

 draws the lips of the Avound together^ and the blood 

 forms a crust upon it immediately ; hence the rea- 

 son of puncturing the vein longitudinally, since, if 

 cut cross-wise, the dog will pull the wound open 

 every time he holds down his head, particularly in 

 feeding. 



'"^ If the distemper be sufteredto proceed beyon.l 

 the first stage, the dog will be afflicted with a 

 husky cough ; a running at the nose, and also at 

 the eyes, will come on, attended with an ofi'ensive 

 smell — symptoms which will continue to increase 

 (if the animal be left to his fate) till he begins to< 

 reel aiul fall; at length he becomes unable to 

 stand, emits a most offensive effluvium, his suffer- 

 ings are very severe, and he ultimately expires 

 from exhaustion. A dog will sometimes survive 

 the distemper if he have not been- fed too highly, 

 and is allowed his liberty in the homestead or- 

 fields ; imder such circumstances the animal ^\ ill 

 act the part of his own physician to certain extent, 

 by eating broad blades of grass, &c., which operate 

 as an emetic, and, perhaps, as a cathartic also — so 

 kind and bountiful is nature. 



" If, during the progress of the disease, the dog 



