90 DISEASES OF CATS 



able, being supplied with a hot water bottle it' 

 cold and miserable. 



DiiTERENTiAL DIAGNOSIS. — From feline dis- 

 temper, by the absence of catarrhal and pneu- 

 monic symptoms and by the extensive and 

 grave necrotic processes in the mouth. In dis- 

 temper the stomatitis has a different clinical 

 picture and is much more amenable to treat- 

 ment. 



From simple ulcerative stomatitis, by the 

 absence or mildness of the systemic and gastro- 

 enteritic symptoms as compared with conta- 

 gious gastro-enteritis, and by the sporadic 

 nature pf the former affection. 



From foreign bodies, obstruction of the 

 bowels, intussusception, etc., by the sporadic 

 nature of those affections, and by digital exam- 

 ination of the abdomen. 



From poisoning, by the sporadic nature of 

 those cases, the anamnesis, and from the per- 

 acute symptoms pecxxliar to cases of poisoning. 

 The differential diagnosis from ptomaine poi- 

 soning is more difficult except that the latter is 

 non-contagious, and the nature of the vomited 

 matter is different. In ptomaine poisoning 

 vomiting although persistent is not so effective, 

 i. e., the stomach is not emptied so effectually 

 as in contagious gastro-enteritis, and the reac- 

 tion of the vomited matter at any rate in the 

 early stages of ptomaine poisoning is acid, that 



