354 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 
is most pernicious. The fever is increased, and also the . 
unpleasant smell from the mouth, and that of the feces 
In this state there is a disposition, which is rapidly de- 
veloped in the lungs, to assume the character of pneumonia. 
“ This last complication is a most serious one, and almost 
always terminates fatally. It has a peculiar character. It 
shows itself suddenly, and with all its alarming symptoms. 
Itisalmost immediately accompanied by a purulent secretion 
from the bronchi, and the second day does not pass without 
the characters of pneumonia being completely developed. 
The respiration is accompanied by a mucous rée, which 
often becomes sibilant. The nasal cavities are filled with 
a purulent fluid. The dog that coughs violently at the 
commencement of the disease, employs himself, probably, 
on the following day, in ejecting, by a forcible expulsion 
from the nostrils, the purulent secretion which is soon and 
plentifully developed. When he is lying quiet, ana even 
when he seems to be asleep, there is a loud, stertorous, 
guttural breathing.” 
Mr. James Moore, in his homceopathic work on the: 
“ Diseases of the Dog,” observes with regard to it: “ This 
disease, which is much more common on the Continent 
than in this country, has been fairly described by Barrier 
and Leblanc. 
“ Symptoms.—At first the animal is dull and depressed, 
and carries his head drooped; the eyelids are half-closed 
and the eyes vacant in expression ; the nose is hot and dry ; 
the tongue furred ; the dog prefers to lie down, and when 
induced or compelled to get up and walk, the pace .is slow 
and unsteady ; the bowels are confined, and the urine high- 
coloured ; the pulse is somewhat accelerated, and there are 
occasional and frequent vomitings.' Sooner or later, 
diarrhoea comes on. The evacuations are bilious, dark, and 
offensive; the countenance is expressive of anxiety and 
uneasiness, and there are evident indications of prostration. 
Four or five days from the onset, after shivering, vesicles 
