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catarrh, quite unyielding to treatment. The tem- 

 perature is fluctuating, there usually being a rise 

 towards night. There is often weakness and a 

 rapid, progressive emaciation. Auscultation reveals 

 areas of dullness, the presence of cavities, rales, 

 suppressed respiratory murmur and so on. 



Diagnosis is assisted by the history of the case 

 and a knowledge of the owner's state of health. 

 It may be confirmed except in advanced cases by 

 the tuberculin test. 



Treatment. — Owing to the danger to human be- 

 ings, treatment should not be attempted. The pa- 

 tient should be sent to the happy hunting grounds 

 immediately. 



Granuloma 



This is a disease of true infection, a venereal dis- 

 ease of dogs, affectiiig chiefly the mucous mem- 

 brane of the vagina and of the penis and prepuce. 

 It is transmissible by coition and by inoculation. 



Cause. — The causative agent is unidentified as 

 yet. 



Symptoms in the Female. — Although the lesions 

 are usually confined to the genital organs, other 

 parts of the body may become affected in conjunc- 

 tion or independently. The lesions are generally 

 found on the skin of the neck, throat, back, groin, 

 abdomen and limbs. 



Metastatic growths are also often found in the 

 abdominal and mesenteric lymphatic glands, kid- 

 neys, spleen, liver and lungs. 



In the genital organs of the bitch the lesion gen- 

 erally begins as a circumscribed" swelling of the 

 mucous membrane, deep red in color and by a grad- 

 ual elevation of the tissue and develops into round 

 nodular sessile tumors, these become lobulated, pre- 

 senting a warty and cauliflower-like appearance. 



