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tion to prevent determination of blood as much as pos- 

 sible ; the urine and faeces are frequently retained, by 

 reason of the progressive paralysis : in such cases the 

 former should be drawn off with the catheter, and the 

 latter removed as well by enemas as aperients. It is also 

 advisable to repeatedly withdraw the milk, by natural 

 means if possible, if not, by artificial aid. 



PARTURIENT ECLAMPSIA. 



A canine malady resembling the eclampsia of the human 

 being has been observed by continental veterinarians ; but 

 I fail to see that it bears any analogy to parturient apoplexy 

 proper. 



" Mauri (Fleming's ' Obstetrics,' p. 673) relates that 

 a bitch, four years old, and which had been ill since the 

 previous evening, was sent to the Toulouse Veterinary 

 School. Fifteen days previously it had given birth to four 

 puppies, which it suckled. That morning, about three 

 o'clock, its owner was awoke by its plaintive cries and its 

 restlessness. It was then anxious, its mouth was open, and 

 it breathed as if it had been running fast on a hot day; 

 it also appeared to be weak in its hind-parts. On its 

 arrival at the school, it was found lying on its side in a 

 large hamper, with its four puppies, which were at the 

 teat ; the respiration was very hurried, short, irregular, 

 and noisy ; it was executed in a jerking, irregular man- 

 ner ; the ribs appeared to be limited in their movements, 

 as in a horse affected with tetanus. The mouth was half- 

 open, the tongue pendent, and the saliva flowing in a 

 frothy, abundant stream. The animal convulsively closed 

 its jaws, and withdrew its tongue from time to time, in 

 order to swallow a portion of the saliva ; the buccal and 

 conjunctival mucous membrane was greatly injected ; the 

 physiognomy expressed great anxiety rather than pain ; 



