368 Tlie Management and Diseases of the Dog. 



the right auricle was united to the large plug by a partially 

 fibrinous clot of blood. In the roots of the portal veins 

 similar deposits were present, and there was more hyper- 

 trophy of the areolar framework of the liver, the lobes of 

 the latter being united by a thick layer of lymph. Within 

 the pulmonary artery there was also a large fibrinous clot. 

 The lungs contained large clusters of the same granular 

 material found in the auricle and vena cava. 



Mr. Kettle informed me the dog had been in his posses- 

 sion for seven years, that he was his first master after his 

 breaking, and that he had shown no signs of illness until six 

 months previous to his consulting, me, and the previous 

 season he had galloped the hills as well as ever. T\\& post- 

 mortem examination, however, did not verify sound health so 

 shortly before death. Doubtless many symptoms of indis- 

 position were displayed that escaped observation prior to 

 the first notice of his owner. 



This extraordinary case is recorded, with an illustration 

 of the embolism, in the Live Stoci /ournai (or ]u\y i^th, 

 1883. 



EMPHYSEMA. 



Emphysematous swelling in the dog is usually due to 

 the infiltration of air into the connective areolar tissue, from 

 external injury. Pulmonary Emphysema is generally 

 associated with asthma, and is accompanied by shortness 

 of breath, cough, frothy expectoration, feeble husky bark, 

 and weak pulse. Auscultation reveals wheezy sounds, 

 with more or less- cardiac palpitation. (See Asthma.) 



Mr. J. S. Gould, pupil of Mr. E. Hollingham, M.R.C.V.S., 

 of Tonbridge Wells, has kindly furnished me with the 

 following particulars of an interesting case of Traumatic 

 Emphysema : — 



"On January 14th, 1888, we had the dead body of a 

 deerhound bitchy the property of the Marquis of Aber- 



