96 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 



frequently the following symptoms are observed : dulness, 

 prostration, difficulty in locomotion, arched back, accelera- 

 tion of the pulse, nose hot and dry, mucous membrane of a 

 bright red colour, mouth dry and hot, staring coat, princi- 

 pally on the back, abdomen hard and tender in the region 

 of the liver, and in a very short time seems as if adhering 

 to the back. The animal soon refuses all food (liquid and 

 solid), but there is an intense thirst, and the dog will not 

 drink anything but pure wa,ter. Often the animal seems 

 to be troubled with colic ; soon supervenes a symptom 

 which is rarely absent, that is bilious vomiting, which is 

 very frequent and often mixed with blood ; the urine 

 becomes of a dark colour and bloody, constipation is 

 frequently present, but sometimes there is diarrhoea, the 

 excrements being bloody, and often the dog voids pure 

 blood. At this stage the malady is easily recognised by 

 an experienced eye, but soon there is no possibility of 

 doubt, as the yellow tints set in — the mucous membranes 

 are the first invaded by it, but soon the skin also shews 

 the icteric tint. This tint varies sometimes from straw- 

 colour to dark yellow. 



" The pulse now becomes weaker and much slower, the 

 urine has a more decided yellow tint ; the animal becomes 

 more and more feeble, gets up with difficulty, and exhales 

 a peculiar disagreeable odour from the mouth ; the weakness 

 becomes extreme, the emaciation is visible, the extremities 

 grow cold ; the animal becomes now insensible to surround- 

 ing objects, and death terminates the scene. Sometimes 

 the malady lasts only two days, but in general the duration 

 varies from two to five days. 



" In some cases a cough supervenes, with acceleration of 

 the respiration, and an affection of the lungs complicates 

 the malady (M. Leblanc). If the animal is bled in the 

 course of the disease, the blood exhales a peculiar odour, 

 and the serum is tinted with yellow. From the moment 

 the yellow tint appears, the faecal evacuations become often. 



