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is most pernicious. The fever is increased, and also the 

 unpleasant smell from the mouth, and that of the faeces 

 In this state there is a disposition, which is rapidly de- 

 veloped in the lungs, to assume the character of pneumonia. 



" This last complication is a most serious one, and almost 

 a,lways terminates fatally. It has a peculiar character. It 

 shows itself suddenly, and with all its alarming symptoms. 

 It is almost immediately accompanied by a purulent secretion 

 from the bronchi, and the.second day does not pass without 

 the characters of pneumonia being completely developed. 

 The respiration is accompanied by a mucous rale, which 

 often becom,es sibilant. The nasal cavities are filled with 

 a purulent fluid. The dog that coughs violently at the 

 commencement of the disease, employs himself, probably, 

 on the following day, in ejecting, by a forcible expulsion 

 from the nostrils, the purulent secretion which is soon and 

 plentifully developed. When he is lying quiet, and even 

 when he seems to be asleep, there is a loud, stertorous, 

 guttural breathing." 



Mr. James Moore, in his homoeopathic work on the 

 " Diseases of the Dog," observes with regard to it : " This 

 disease, which is much more common on the Continent 

 than in this country, has been fairly described by Barrier 

 and Leblanc. 



" Symptoms. — At first the animal is dull and depressed, 

 and carries his head drooped ; the eyelids are half-closed 

 and the eyes vacant in expression ; the nose is hot and dry; 

 the tongue furred ; the dog prefers to lie down, and when 

 induced or compelled to get up and walk, the pace is slow 

 and unsteady ; the bowels are confined, and the urine high- 

 coloured ; the pulse is somewhat accelerated, and there are 

 occasional and frequent vomitings. Sooner or later, 

 diarrhoea comes on. The evacuations are bilious, dark, and 

 offensive ; the countenance is expressive of anxiety and 

 uneasiness, and there are evident indications of prostration. 

 Four or five days from the onset, after shivering, vesicles 



