110 DISEASES OF CATS 



lymphatic glands are often involved, fistulae 

 forming that discharge a sticky fluid that 

 gums the hair in the region of the throat. The 

 skin of the lips, throat, breast and between the 

 paws is often the seat of ulceration that shoWs 

 no tendency to heal under the most painstak- 

 ing treatment, but rather to spread and involve 

 more tissues. Wounds show no tendency to 

 heal, but rather to become necrotic. 



Diagnosis.- — The suspicions aroused by the 

 above symptoms may be confirmed by the tu- 

 berculin test and by the discovery of the bacil- 

 lus of tuberculosis in the bron6hial discharge," 

 in the feces or in the thoracic or abdominal 

 fluids. 



The dose of tuberculin is from one to five 

 minims, and is administered hypodermically. 

 The temperature should be taken every hour 

 after injection, as the reaction, if it occiu-s,. 

 reaches its height at about the fifth hour. The 

 ophthalmic test is said to be unreliable, but this 

 is contrary to the author's experience. Thie in- 

 tradermal test deserves _ a trial, as there are 

 many cases in which the temperature reaction 

 cannot be applied or relied on. The enlarged 

 mesenteric glands can be palpated easily 

 through the abdominal walls. 



Treatment, needless to say, is not justifiable 

 owing to the risk to human beings. 



