132 DOGS : THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



over the white of the eye. When these things are pre- 

 sent, although the coat may be beautifully smooth, the 

 discharge dried up, the shivering gone, the appetite 

 strong, and the spirits boisterous, still there is in the 

 system the seeds of a disease which at no distant period 

 will reappear in its most dangerous form. 



Commonly, after the second stage, there is an abatement 

 of the symptoms, without any actual cessation in the dis- 

 charges. The dog is concluded to be better, and thought 

 to be doing well, but it will not be long before something 

 to excite alarm is witnessed. The eyes or nerves, or 

 lungs or liver, or stomach or intestines may be attacked ; 

 or a pustular eruption, or actual mange, or a disposition 

 in the animal to eat its own flesh, or chorcea, or paralysis 

 may appear, and all of these possible varieties reo[uire to 

 be separately dwelt upon. 



The eyes lose their transparency, the surface is white 

 and opaque, the sight is impaired, and the lids are nearly 

 constantly closed. One or both of the organs of vision 

 may be thus affected ; usually the two are simultaneously 

 affected, but seldom with the like intensity. After a few 

 days, and sometimes at the commencement, a small cir- 

 cular depression is to be seen upon the very centre of the 

 eyeball. It is round, and varies in size from that of a 

 pin's head to that of a small pea, but rarely becomes 

 larger. The depression, if nothing be done to check it, 

 deepens till a little shallow pit is exhibited. At other 

 times the hole grows larger and deeper, till the outer 

 covering of the eye is absorbed, or, in common phrase, is 



