I04 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 



the animal by the exhibition of a little beef-tea with a 

 small quantity of brandy ; an enema was also given ; but 

 in spite of all treatment the dog become gradually worse, 

 and on the next day it was evident that he was sinking ; 

 the owner then decided to have him destroyed. 



"On making Sl post-mortem examination the liver was 

 found to be excessively enlarged, pale in colour, having a 

 granular surface when cut into. The intestines were in a 

 healthy condition, and no obstruction was detected through- 

 out the whole length of the tube. The lungs and kidneys 

 were normal. 



" The heart was empty and rather flabby, and the spleen 

 was filled with black blood. No history of the case was ob- 

 tained possessing any points of interest. The dog was 

 exceedingly fat, as pet dogs commonly are, and appeared 

 to have enjoyed an average good health. 



" Examination of the morbid parts. — ;Messrs. Gowing & 

 " Son forwarded the liver, heart, and spleen of the dog re- 

 ferred to in the above record, for our inspection. Fatty 

 deposits in the liver of fat animals are very common ; but 

 the organ in this instance might almost be said to have 

 undergone fatty metamorphosis, if such a change is possible 

 among pathological conditions. Estimating the bulk of 

 the diseased organ roughly, we should say it was three or 

 four times larger than the healthy gland ; so large, indeed, 

 that it must have encroached to a serious extent upon the 

 other abdominal viscera. In texture the organ was granu- 

 lar, yellow in colour, and offered to the edge of the knife 

 the resistance of a mass of lard. 



" Under the microscope no healthy liver cells were de- 

 tected ; the entire structure was filled with fat globules, 

 which not only occupied the interior of the cells, but 

 existed everywhere in the tissue of the part. Large granu- 

 lar exudation cells, of the kind which is often seen in 

 encephaloid growths, were numerous, but no other elements 

 of cancer were observed. 



