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GASTBO-INTESTINAL CATARRH OF CARNIVORA. 129 



stomach, intestinal worms, stagnation in the portal circulation, old 

 heart affections, lung or liver trouble, Bright's disease, etc. 



Symptoms. 1. Overloading of the Stomach. It pro- 

 vokes vomiting as a rule, then everything becomes regular again. 

 When the matters contained in the stomach are not rejected, we 

 observe serious symptoms; for instance, nauseas accompanied by 

 abundant salivation and complete anorexia; the animals keep away 

 from the food offered to them and seem disgusted, thirst is increased, 

 pressure upon the distended stomach provokes complaints; the 

 respiration is sensibly accelerated. The patients are depressed, of 

 bad humor, or capricious and anxious ; they often change posi- 

 tion, lie down, stand up again, stamp the ground, complain, wag 

 the tail, and are affected by colics. There is not the slightest 

 fever. 



2. Catarrh of the stomach. In the dog it is possible to 

 distinguish catarrh of the stomach from that of the intestine ; in the 

 latter affection, vomiting is exceptional, while in the first it is almost 

 constant. But we must not forget that vomiting is a symptom 

 common to a great mauy affections, among which we must particu- 

 larly mention : ulceration, cancer, inflammation of the stomach and 

 intestine, dilatations, contractions, helminthiasis, peritonitis, inflam- 

 mation of the diaphragm, the several diseases of the œsophagus, 

 anginas, cough, uremia, septicemia, eclampsia, epilepsy, encephalitis, 

 cerebral apoplexy, cerebral commotion, otorrhea, etc. 



The gastric catarrh of carnivora is acute or chronic, febrile or 

 apyretic. In mild cases we observe laziness for several days, also 

 depression of spirits, a capricious appetite, and great thirst ; then 

 nauseas and vomitings appear. The vomited matters are at first 

 chyme; later they become mucous, thread-like, and spumous, reddish 

 or yellowish, and finally the patients reject bile almost pure, or 

 mixed with altered gastric juice. The thirst is increased, and water 

 ingested in excessive quantity causes renewed vomiting. Sometimes 

 there is complete anorexia, at other times the appetite is only 

 diminished ; and again, we may see the alimentary matters vomited 

 at the time when digestion has already begun. Defecation is 

 delayed. The temperature rises to 39°-39.5° C. ; it is irregularly 

 distributed ; the nose is hot and dry ; the circulation is accelerated, 

 and the number of pulsations exceeds the normal by twenty or 

 more. The animals are depressed and remain lying down most of 

 the time, but not on their usual litter ; they stretch themselves upon 



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