SYMPTOMS 89 
It is attended with the usual shivering, inappetence, dull- 
ness, and a sudden elevation of temperature. There is 
also difficult and rapid breathing and hacking cough, and, 
when complicated by pleurisy, the respiratory movements 
are shallow, and the dog evinces pain if picked up. In 
favourable cases the pulse remains fairly full, and the 
temperature after the crisis falls progressively to normal, 
resolution occurring in about eight or nine days. Ifa 
fatal termination is to ensue, the pulse becomes thin and 
Fic. 6.—FIELD OF PERCUSSION. 
X, Location of Heart-beat. 
(Miller and Glass, ‘‘ Diseases of the Dog.’’) 
irregular, dyspnoea is excessive, with a blowing respira- 
tion, great restlessness, perhaps blood-stained expec- 
toration, ending in either coma, convulsions, or delirium. 
Percussion over the normal areas of lung will give the 
tympanitic sounds, whilst over the congested or consoli- 
dated areas dullness will be in evidence, and the diseased 
parts can usually be sharply defined. Fine dry crepita- 
tions may be heard at inspiration during the period of 
