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alike regardless of petting or scolding. They were diminutive black- 

 and-tan toys, and, if I may be allowed the expression 'bred to 

 death,' destitute of hair on the ears and skull, the latter unsightly 

 and large, the eyes paiufully prominent and expressionless, the body 

 deficient in symmetry, and the limbs distorted. And some of the 

 defects named were considered by the creatures' owners as indi- 

 cations of the purity of the strain ; and animals of this type are 

 kept — regardless of entreaties to destroy such insults to Nature — 

 for purposes of breeding. Fortunately, however. Nature rarely 

 sanctions issue from such parents. " 



In addition to the symptoms above named, paralysis is veiy fre- 

 quently present, usually in the hind limbs, which, in locomotion, 

 are dragged. There is also often a great disposition to sleep, but it 

 is generally disturbed by fitful starts and suppressed moans, and the 

 eyelids during that period are only partially closed. 



I have no remarks to offer on the treatment of canine hydro- 

 cephalus, beyond observing that the measures adopted in human 

 practice — compression, puncturing, and the various medicinal 

 agents — may be tried, and possibly with success, in those cases 

 where exceptional reasons for saving the animal's life and removing 

 the unnatural effects of the disease exist. 



BKEESZNG, TO PRBVEWT.— To prevent a bitch from 

 breeding after she has gone astray, wash out the womb with a strong 

 solution of alum and water, using the ordinary syringe with the 

 female point adjusted. The sooner this is done after the act of coition, 

 the better. It will often prove successful, especially if the bitch is in 

 the early stages of oestrum. A fairly strong solution of Condy's 

 Fluid, with 5gr. of sulphate of zinc to each ounce, has also been 

 successfully employed. 



BKONCEZTXS may be described as inflammation of the 

 bronchial tubes, or windpipes, which convey air to the lungs. W hen 

 the inflammation is confined to the upper portion of the windpipe, or 

 larynx, it is termed Laeynqitis, which see. 



Exposure to damp and cold, being kennelled v/here foul and irri- 

 tating emanations are breathed, and neglect of common colds, are 

 the chief causes. 



When the larger air-pipes alone aae affected, the dog at first 

 suffers from a short, dry, intermittent cough, which, in a few days 

 becomes more freq^uent, and mucous matter is discharged from the 

 nose and also coughed out ; but when the smaller bronchia are 

 attacked, there is pretty constant wheezing; the cough is more 

 severe ; frothy matter, often tinged with blood, is expectorated ; ths 



