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The specific variety has been described as occurring in epizootic 

 form by Schuessele, Whitaker, and Hertwig. Busquet and Bon- 

 deand investigated a couple of cases and concluded that the disease 

 was contagious among dogs, was associated with the presence of 

 a microorganism which assumed the character of a diplo-strep- 

 tococcus in the saliva, and a diplococcus in the blood, and was analo- 

 gous or identical with Mumps of the human race. 



Symptoms and Diagnosis. After three or four days of incuba- 

 tion, symptoms of lassitude and sneezing appear. Then a cough 

 develops and coincidently painful swelling of the parotid and sub- 

 maxillary glands, and edema of the neighboring tissues and lym- 

 phatics. Steno's duct is rendered very prominent by swelling and 

 the salivary flow is meager. The general condition is unaffected 

 and the disease runs its course in less than two weeks. 



Treatment. Hot fomentations or poultices, preferably the for- 

 mer, should be applied externally. If the swelling fluctuates vent 

 should be given to the pus by lancing, and any further accumulation 

 prevented. If a cyst forms the sac and its contents should be care- 

 fully dissected and enucleated, or it may be partially excised, the 

 contents let out, and the wall cauterized or subjected to iodine in- 

 jections. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



Bondeand— Comptes rcndus d. 1. Soc. dc Biol. July, 1000. 



Brlseot— Rec. de M6d. V«t6r. 1887, p. 487. 



PaTresse— Ann. de M6d. V6t6r. 1853, p. 2. 



Harms — Jahresber. d. koenlgl. Thlerarznelsch. z. Hannover. 1869, p. 118. 



Hertwig — Cited by Cad^ac in Pathol, d. Anim. Domest. 



Schuessele — Veterlnaer Chlrurgie. 



Siedamgrotzlcy — Ber ue. d. Veterinaerw. im Koenigr. Sachsen. 1871, p. 75. 



The Pharynx 



EXAMINATION. 



The pharynx is exposed to view by opening the jaws and de- 

 pressing the tongue or drawing it forward. 



PHARYNGITIS. 



This disease partakes of the same nature and is caused by the 

 same conditions which produce inflammation of the mouth. It is 

 also seen in certain specific diseases, such as rabies and distemper. 

 It is sometimes complicated with abscess formation in the submucous 



