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to general diphtheria. From tlie obvious results of the experi- 

 mental case in particular, it may be concluded: i. That 

 inoculation with lymph which has not been tainted with 

 diphtheritic organisms will, in a given time, and in a normal 

 manner, give rise to the well-known pustules ; and 2. On the 

 contrary, that the local diphtheria of an inoculation wound is 

 followed by general diphtheria, as a secondary process. 



" Whether the diphtheria of the lower animals is inter- 

 transmissible, or whether it may be communicable to the hu- 

 man species, we have no evidence to base even a supposition 

 upon ; but there can scarcely be any reason for hesitation in 

 accepting the fact that another malady is added to the list of 

 those which are at least capable of being conveyed from man 

 to creatures lower in the scale of creation. This new addition 

 furnishes another proof of the value of comparative pathology, 

 and the close relations which exist between animal and human 

 medicine." 



DISTEMPER. 



Probably no disease to which our canine friends are sub- 

 ject has received less attention scientifically, or caused greater 

 diversity of opinion when it has received that attention, than 

 the one termed "Distemper." Every gamekeeper, dog- 

 breaker, or kennel-man has his particular recipe ; most drug- 

 gists possess some wonderful prescription ; while sporting 

 and other papers abound in advertisements of specifics and 

 nostrums. 



In discussing this subject, it is not my intention to lay 

 down any fixed rule of treatment adapted to every case, but 

 only for those in which the disease assumes the forms herein 

 described, and from which I have derived the greatest 

 benefit. 



Nature, in many instances, works her own cure ; while 



