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symptoms were altogether similar to those observed in the 

 two preceding cases. No treatment was adopted, and next 

 morning all the symptoms had disappeared. 



" Lafitte " (Ibid., p. 674) " attended a bitch which, two 

 days previously, had brought forth two puppies which it 

 suckled. It appeared to be very weak and staggered in 

 walking. Soon after, the feebleness in the hind-quarters was 

 extreme, and clonic convulsions affected all the muscles ; the 

 eye-balls pirouetted in their socket, the jaws were continually 

 moved, and saliva ran from the mouth continually ; hearing 

 and seeing were unaffected. Two hours subsequently the 

 animal could not rise. A belladonna draught was given, 

 narcotic frictions were applied along the spine, and emetized 

 enemata administered. In the evening the bitch was dull, 

 weak, and stupid. In the morning every trace of the malady 

 had disappeared. Next day there was another eclamptic at- 

 tack of shorter duration, and on the fourth day another still 

 briefer and weaker. The puppies were put to another bitch, 

 and in about eight days they had attacks similar to those of 

 their parent, though shorter and less intense. One, a female, 

 had three attacks on successive days, and then died — the 

 other, a male, had only two attacks. 



" Lafitte " (Ibid., p. 674) " reports that a bitch, four days 

 after pupping, had clonic convulsions in all its muscles ; its 

 jaws were agitated, it was much salivated, and respired with- 

 difficulty. Its expression was animated, but it could not 

 stand, and was compelled to lie. During the night the con- 

 vulsions ceased, and the animal, although a litde somnoles- 

 cent, appeared quite recovered ; at ten o'clock next morning, 

 however, it had another attack, and in the evening it died. 



" The same veterinarian " (Ibid., p. 674) " alludes to the 

 case of a bitch which, three days after pupping, had convul- 

 sions in the muscles of the trunk and limbs, and the hind-legs 

 were so feeble that it could not stand. Its gaze was unsteady, 

 and at times the eyes rolled about in the orbits. The masse- 

 ter muscles participated in the convulsive movements of the 



