44 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 
general expression is haggard and pitiful in the extreme. 
The position on the haunches is still maintained, or, if 
changed, it is but momentarily, to stand with the fore-legs 
propped apart to allow more room for the abdominal 
muscles to aid respiration. 
When the third stage arrives and suppuration commences 
—in other words, when the lung-structure breaks down, 
auscultation discovers a new sound—a bubbling or gurgling 
crepitation caused by the passage of air through pus. 
On placing the hand flat upon the side, much the same 
sensation will be communicated ; it is as though fluid was 
boiling underneath, and I have been painfully struck with 
this phenomenon both in the human and canine subject. 
The appealing look for reliefin this stage is most affecting ; 
acutely is the weakness of human aid now felt by the atten- 
dant—petting, caressing, words of comfort and pity are all 
that he has to dispose of. 
The cough is now loose, and accompanied with copious 
expectoration ; the mouth and lips are coated with sticky 
slime ; the breath has a peculiar foetid cadaverous odour, 
and istaken in short gasps; the ears and extremities are 
cold and clammy; the pulse is imperceptible, and death 
closes the scene. Such, briefly, may be described as the 
leading symptoms in the several stages of pneumonia. 
Tveatment—Pneumonia admits of no delay in treatment ; 
immediately symptoms of the malady are presented, our 
course must be promptly decided. Thesame remarks as to 
the advisability of bleeding and physic in pleurisy are 
equally applicable here. Stimulants and counter-irritation 
are decidedly indicated ; in protracted pneumonia the latter 
may be carried to the extent of a cantharidine application, 
and the seton is especially serviceable ; the necessity of 
bodily warmth, the admittance of a reasonable amount of 
fresh air, and a nutritious diet must not be forgotten. Iron 
and cod-liver oil, after the more active symptoms have 
abated, will materially assist in promoting convalescence. 
