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quantity of serosity ; a similar fluid was between the dura 
mater and the arachnoid membrane, and the same was 
the case in the larger ventricles of the encephalon. The 
other viscera did not offer anything remarkable, except — 
the paleness and flacidity of their tissue. The great 
fatigues of the chase, and the immersion of these animals 
in water at the time when they were very much heated, 
appeared to have been the causes of this singular disease. 
In the ‘Report of the Clinique of the School of Alfort,’ 
in the year 1825, the same anzemia was remarked in two 
dogs that died there; one of them had lately undergone 
a considerable hemorrhage, and in the other anzmia had 
developed itself spontaneously. 
“Tt is, in fact, among dogs that this extreme anemia 
has been principally observed, and it is ordinarily fatal. 
“This disease, according to M. Vatel, is generally the 
symptom of a chronic malady, or the instantaneous effect 
of an excessive hemorrhage. It is rarely primary. The 
extreme discoloration of the tissues, and of the mucous 
membrane more particularly; the disappearance of the 
subcutaneous blood-vessels ; and the great feebleness of 
the animal, are the principal symptoms. There also often 
exists considerable swelling of the limbs.’”* 
Treatment.—This, in the first instance, should consist 
in removing the cause; and, secondly, in assisting nature 
to restore the deficiency in the colour and quality of the 
blood by those agents which form the necessary con- 
stituents of healthy blood. For the former, a nutritious 
diet, with a free allowance of fresh air, sunlight, and 
exercise, should be ordered. Vegetable and mineral tonics 
especially the preparations of iron, and, if there be much 
emaciation, cod-liver oil, should be prescribed for the 
latter. Salt-water baths are also beneficial. ; 
* Youatt on “The Dog.” 
