330 THE MANAGEMENT AND DISEASES OF THE DOG. 



'* I have often observed that the perspiration or breath of 

 dogs laboring under variola emits a very unpleasant odor. 

 This smell is particularly observed at the commencement of 

 the dessication of the pustules, and when the animals are 

 lying upon dry straw ; for the friction of the bed against the 

 pustules destroys their pellicles and permits the purulent 

 matter to escape — and the influence of this purulent matter 

 is most pernicious. The fever is increased, and also the un- 

 pleasant smell from the mouth, and that of the faeces. In 

 this state there is a disposition, which is rapidly developed 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. It 

 is almost 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 r&le which often 

 becomes sibilant. The nasal cavities are filled with a puru- 

 lent fluid. The dog that coughs violently at the commence- 

 ment of the disease, employs himself, probably, on the follow- 

 ing day, in ejecting, by a forcible expulsion from the nostrils, 

 the purulent secretion which is soon and plentifully developed. 

 When he is lying quiet, and even when he seems to be asleep, 

 there is a loud, stertorous, guttural breathing." 



Mr. James Moore, in his homoeopathic work on the " Dis- 

 eases 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 in- 

 duced or compelled to get up and walk, the pace is slow and 

 unsteady ; the bowels are confined, and the urine high colored; 

 the pulse is somewhat accelerated, and there are occasional 



