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teeth as often as may be necessary. A bad case wiU 

 require six weeks to acquire complete ease of movement. 



CONVULSIONS. FITS. 



Seen most frequently in young dogs and cats dm-ing 

 teething and ia bitches at the period of parturition or 

 when reduced by suckling a large litter. In dogs or pigs 

 they are common from indigestion or intestinal worms, 

 and wiU occur in all animals from disorders in the brain 

 or poisons in the circulation. The symptoms are those ol 

 sudden agitating spasms of one or more parts of the body, 

 usually protrusion and redness of the eyeballs, and froth- 

 ing from the mouth, with complete insensibility. Treat- 

 ment consists in removing the causes as far as ascertained ; 

 lance inflamed gums ; expel worms or irritating matters 

 from stomach and bowels ; correct dyspepsia by good 

 feeding, air, exercise, lodging, and by tonics (bitters, iron, 

 etc.) The convulsions may be checked by such agents as 

 ether or chloral-hydrate given by inhalation or injection. 



SLEEPY STAGGERS. COMA SOMNOLENTUM. 



A chronic disease of horses characterized by drowsiness 

 with impaired consciousness and voluntary movement, 

 without fever. It may be associated with pressure on the 

 brain by tumors, soft or bony, but above aU by serous 

 effusion. Increase and decrease of the brain, and thick- 

 ening of its membranes are other occasional concomitants. 

 It appears to be at times connected with deranged blood- 

 forming processes, as in diseases of the right heart, lungs 

 and hver, or with defective elimination, as in kidney dis- 

 orders. 



Symptoms. Sleepiness, Hstlessness, want of life and in- 

 telligence, a stupid demented look in the eye. drooping 

 lids, unsteadiness in the gait, perhaps only seen in turning 

 or backing ; in worse cases the patient will twist the legs 

 over each other in walking straight, or will even rest the 

 head or haunches on manger or stall. The bowels are 



