Diseases of the Nervous System. 285 
NOSTOMANIA. 
Nostomania, or home sickness, is frequently demon- 
strated in dogs (especially those which have been much 
petted, and of toy breeds), when illness, accident, or other 
circumstances compel their removal to strange quarters and 
new guardians. Under such conditions they may become 
melancholic, refusing food, continually whining, restless, 
sleepless, and rapidly losing flesh. 
Thorough kindness, tempting food, daily exercise if 
practicable, amusement, and constant companionship are 
the measures indicated in such a case. These failing, the 
patient should be returned home or to individuals it knows 
and likes. 
It is the height of cruelty to place a tenderly reared dog, 
of affectionate disposition, and high nervous sensibility with 
a number of strange animals in a sick hospital. 
There are dogs and dogs ; but pet dogs enjoy a peculiar 
distinction in the canine world. The lines of a pet dog 
usually fall in pleasant places: he is indulged (not always 
wisely) beyond his fellows ; and being, in the majority of 
instance, under the protection of a lady, he may be looked 
upon as an exceptionally lucky dog. No expense is spared, 
no time or trouble grudged, to make his short life pleasant ; 
and inthe hour of sickness, care and attention, as that be- 
stowed on a member of the human family (possibly more) 
is freely and affectionately exercised. Unfortunately, how- 
ever, cases occur in which the removal of the animal to 
another sphere becomes necessary, and it is under such 
circumstances that nostomania is developed, the new and 
unpalatable surroundings having much to do with it. The 
treatment therefore of a pet dog thus removed should first 
be directed toa strict observance, so faras possible, of his 
usual comforts. . ; 
A kennel to a drawing-room dog is as a cell toa human 
being, under analogous conditions ; and the approach of an 
ordinary kennel attendant as that of a jailer. All indoor 
