86 DISEASES OF CATS 



per anus. The first vomit generally contains 

 food, but later a thick slimy bile stained 

 mucus is ejected. At first thirst- is excessive 

 and the animal makes attempts to drink, vomit- 

 ing immediately afterwards; later on the 

 animal will sit over a dish of water or milk in 

 a half dazed manner and make no effort to lap 

 or swallow. There is from the first complete 

 anorexia, all food being absolutely i ignored. 

 Diarrhea is persistent, and frequent passages 

 of very fetid and blood stained feces take place. 

 Tenesmus and straining accompany defecation 

 and add materially their quota to the exhaus- 

 tion which is a prominent feature of the disease. 

 The abdomen is very sensitive to pressure. 

 Manipulation excites - moaning and crying. 

 The animal rapidly becomes semi-comatose, 

 dull and indifferent to its surroundings, lying 

 on its beUy, elbows on the ground, and remain- 

 ing immovable.- The eyes are half closed and 

 the menbrana nictitans is protruded, half cov- 

 ering the pupil. The coat becomes dull and 

 stary, and soiled with vomit and feckl matter 

 which the animal makes no attempts to remove. 

 The mouth becomes septic and emits a fetid 

 odor, the gutms at first appear spongy, congest- 

 ed and bleed at the slightest provocation."^ The 

 buccal mucous membrane becomes the seat of 

 ulcerations and necrotic patches in which the 

 tongue is also involved. The necrotic processes 



