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CHAPTER III. 
FEVERS, AND THEIR TREATMENT. 
Simple Ephemeral Fever, or Cold—Epidemic Fever, or Influenza—Typhus 
Fever, or Distemper—Rheumatic Fever—Small-pox—Sympathetic Fever. 
THE dog is peculiarly liable to febrile attacks, which have always 
a tendency to put on a low form, very similar in its nature to that 
known as typhus in human medicine. This is so generally the 
case, that every dog is said to have the distemper at some time of 
his life, that name being given to this low form of fever. Hence, 
an attack may commence with a common cold, or any inflammatory 
affection of the lungs, bowels, &c.; but, this going on to assume 
the low form, it becomes a case of genuine typhus fever, or dis- 
temper. Nevertheless, it does not follow that the one must 
necessarily end in the other; and so the dog may have simple 
fever, known as “a cold,” or various other complaints, without 
being subjected to the true distemper. The fevers occurring in the 
dog are—first, simple ephemeral fever, commonly called “a cold ;” 
second, simple epidemic fever, or influenza; third, typhus fever, 
known as distemper ; fourth, rheumatic fever, attacking the muscular 
and fibrous systems; and fifthly, small-pox. 
SIMPLE EPHEMERAL FEVER. 
Symptoms—This slight disease, known as “a common cold,” is 
ushered in by chilliness, with increased heat of surface, a quick 
pulse, and slightly hurried breathing. The appetite is not as good 
as usual, eyes look dull, bowels costive, urine scanty and high~ 
coloured. There are often cough and slight running at the nose 
and eyes, and sometimes the other internal organs are attacked ; 
or the disease goes on till a different form of fever. is established, 
