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lingly, cedematous swellings supervene, the breathing be- 

 comes very laboured, and the intercostal spaces dilated. 

 " The beating of the heart will likewise afford a decided 

 characteristic of the complaint ; for the hand, placed on 

 one side of the chest, will be affected with a kind of thrill, 

 very different from the usual sensation presented by the 

 beating of the heart of a healthy dog " (Blaine) . In 

 consequence of the frequency of pleurisy of only one side 

 of the chest of the dog, cases of hydrothorax are gene- 

 rally much protracted in him. There is a similarity in 

 the treatment of these disorders. The main principle to 

 go on is to support the system in every possible way with 

 a view to enable it to resist the ravages of disease, and to 

 promote those changes which lead to cure. Whilst special 

 stress must be laid upon careful nursing, it must not be 

 forgotten that good cool air is a tonic and a necessary 

 for existence. Emetics, bleeding, drastics, and other de- 

 bilitants must be carefully avoided. Stimulants, febri- 

 fuges, with expectorants when the lungs and bronchi are 

 most affected, must be freely given. Fomentations or 

 stimulant applications to the sides are most beneficial. 

 Later, tonics and absorbents, such as the iodide of iron, 

 in two-grain doses, and more powerful stimulation to the 

 sides is required, and in advanced pleurisy paracentesis 

 thoracis, performed in the usual manner, has proved 

 beneficial, the puncture being made between the seventh 

 and eighth ribs and near the sternum. Bleeding has been 

 recommended in the earliest stages of pneumonia, but is 

 very risky practice, which we are not prepared to advocate, 

 especially with Blaine's warning that " if it is performed 

 after the second day the dog commonly dies under the 

 operation." In all forms of inflammation of the chest it 

 is admissible to regulate the bowels by mild doses of laxa- 

 tives, saline or oleaginous. 



Veeminous Beonchitis. — For our earliest information 

 upon this most interesting form of disease as affecting dogs, 

 we are indebted to Dr. Osier of the Montreal Veterinary 

 College. He describes an outbreak among the pups at the 

 kennels of the Montreal Hunt Club. The affection was con- 



