96 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 
frequently the following symptoms are observed: dulness, 
prostration, difficulty in locomotion, arched back, accelera- 
tion of the pulse, nose hot and dry, mucous membrane of a 
bright red colour, mouth dry and hot, staring coat, princi- 
pally on the back, abdomen hard and tender in the region 
of the liver, and in a very short, time seems as if adhering 
to the back. The animal soon refuses all food (liquid and 
solid), but there is an intense thirst, and the dog will not 
drink anything but pure water. Often the animal seems 
to be troubled with colic; soon supervenes a symptom 
which is rarely absent, that is bilious vomiting, which is 
very frequent and often mixed with blood; the urine 
becomes of a dark colour and bloody, constipation is 
frequently present, but sometimes there is diarrhoea, the 
excrements being bloody, and often the dog voids pure 
blood. At this stage the malady is easily recognised by 
an experienced eye, but soon there is no possibility of 
doubt, as the yellow tints set in—the mucous membranes 
are the first invaded by it, but soon the skin also shews 
the icteric tint. This tint varies sometimes from straw- 
colour to dark yellow. 
“The pulse now becomes weaker and much slower, the 
urine has a more decided yellow tint ; the animal becomes 
-more and more feeble, gets up with difficulty, and exhales 
a peculiar disagreeable odour from the mouth ; the weakness 
becomes extreme, the emaciation is visible, the extremities 
grow cold ; the animal becomes now insensible to surround- 
ing objects, and death terminates the scene. Sometimes 
the malady lasts only two days, but in general the duration 
varies from two to five days. | 
“Tn some cases a cough supervenes, with acceleration of 
the respiration, and an affection of the lungs complicates 
the malady (M. Leblanc). If the animal is bled in the 
course of the disease, the blood exhales a peculiar odour, 
and the serum is tinted with yellow. From the moment 
the yellow tint appears, the feecal evacuations become often 
