104 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 
the animal by the exhibition of a little beef-tea with a 
small quantity of brandy; an enema was also given; but 
in spite of all treatment the dog become gradually worse, 
and on the next day it was evident that he was sinking; 
the owner then decided to have him destroyed. 
“On making a post-mortem examination the liver was 
found to be excessively enlarged, pale in colour, having a 
granular surface when cut into. The intestines were ina 
healthy condition, and no obstruction was detected through- 
out the whole length of the tube. The lungs and kidneys 
were normal. é 
“ The heart was empty and rather flabby, and the spleen 
was filled with black blood. No history of the case was ob- 
tained possessing any points of interest. The dog was 
exceedingly fat, as pet dogs commonly are, and appeared 
to have enjoyed an average good health, 
“ Examination of the morbid parts—Messrs. Gowing & 
Son forwarded the liver, heart, and spleen of the dog re- 
ferred to in the above record, for our inspection. Fatty 
deposits in the liver of fat animals are very common; but 
the organ in this instance might almost be said to have 
undergone fatty metamorphosis, if such a change is possible 
among pathological conditions. Estimating the bulk of 
the diseased organ roughly, we should say it was three or 
four times larger than the healthy gland ; so large, indeed, 
that it must have encroached to a serious extent upon the 
other abdominal viscera. In texture the organ was granu- 
lar, yellow in colour, and offered to the edge of the knife 
the resistance of a mass of lard. 
“Under the microscope no healthy liver cells were de- 
tected ; the entire structure was filled with fat globules, 
which not only occupied the interior of the cells, but 
existed everywhere in the tissue of the part. Large granu- 
lar exudation cells, of the kind which is often seen in 
encephaloid growths, were numerous, but no other elements 
of cancer were observed. 
