General Diseases. 333 
“Mastronardi Innorenza, of the Naples Veterinary 
School, in the ‘ Giornale delle razze degli animali utili e di 
Médicina Vétérinaria, after giving some general indica- 
tions as to the nature, &c., of leukemia, describes an 
instance of this disease in a dog. The symptoms were 
those of combined lienal and lymphatic leukemia. The 
animal died. Innorenza was inclined to attribute the de- 
velopment of the malady to the alterations due to the 
disease of young dogs commonly known as ‘distemper,’ 
the manifestations of which had preceded those of leukaemia 
in this case,.”* - 
ANAMIA. 
Badly cared-for dogs, and especially those of weakly 
constitution, are, like human beings, subject to poverty or 
deficiency in the quality of the blood. In other words, 
they become anemic. Puppies are more likely to be so 
affected than adult animals, and this is due to the method 
of rearing, or, at all events, to neglect in avoiding causes 
which I shall mention as giving rise to this condition of the 
circulation. 
Over-crowding, defective ventilation, stinted light, bad 
drainage, innutritious food are each productive of anzemia. 
Observe the pallid countenance and languid step of an 
individual who is confined in a crowded, ill-ventilated 
workshop throughout the day, as contrasted with one 
whose occupation gives him every chance of imbibing 
pure, or at any rate, fresh air, and you have a true and 
daily illustration of the effect of these sanitary arrange- 
ments, which may be with equal force applied to the 
canine race. 
Indeed, fresh air and light are as essential to dogs, for 
the formation of good blood, as tc man. Air must, to 
maintain health, be renewed, not re-used. It is the oxygen 
* “Leukemia in the Dog,” by Innorenza; “Annales de Méd 
Vétérinaire.” 
