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Symptoms in Cats. The disease makes a rapid progress, and 

 often ends in death in three or four days. There is a marked 

 change of voice, the calls being hoarse and bass, having been 

 compared to that of a cat in heat. As in the dog, there is a dis- 

 position to pick up and swallow objects that are in no sense food, 

 perhaps even its own urine or faeces. There is a great tendency 

 to hide away under furniture or in secluded corners so that the 

 malady may be far advanced before anything is suspected. If 

 seen the patient shows restlessness and frequent movement, with 

 a marked excitability under noise or other disturbing influence. 

 Any disturbance may arouse a paroxysm, accompanied by oc- 

 casional wide dilatation of the pupils, with flashes from the bright 

 carpet in the vitreous chamber, and the patient may spring at 

 human beings and bite or scratch the hands, face or other un- 

 covered portion of the body. It shows the same disposition to 

 bite small animals, and especially dogs. A glairy often frothy 

 saliva is found in the mouth and often around the lips. As the 

 disease advances and paresis sets in, the cat usually crawls into 

 some dark secluded corner and there dies. 



Sym.ptoms in Solipeds. These may vary much in different 

 cases but the leading characteristics, as seen in the dog, are 

 prominent also in the soliped. There is marked restlessness, 

 trembling, and extraordinary hypersethesia, as seen in starting at 

 sounds, sudden flashes of light or other causes of disturbance. 

 The ears are held erect and watchful for sounds ; the eyes are red 

 and mostly vigilant with at times pupillary dilatation and flashing. 

 The sight of a dog rojses him instantly to attack it with teeth 

 and heels. A stranger is liable to be similarly treated though the 

 horse is still docile and kind to his keeper. There may be itching 

 of the .skin and above all of the seat of the bite. During a 

 paroxysm the movements are usually violent, dangerous and even 

 mischievous. There is constant restless movement, pawing, 

 kicking the ground, the .stall or 'attendants, lying down, rolling, 

 rising, straining to urinate, or defecate, eversion of the rectum, 

 shaking the head, muffled neighing, sniffing, snorting, everting 

 of the upper lip, grinding of the teeth, or biting. In the 

 absence of such paroxysms deglutition may be difficult, and the 

 appetite depraved, the patient preferring earth or manure to the 

 natural food. With spasms or paralysis of the pharynx, the food 



