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ENZOOTIC DISEASE IN DOGS, &C. 
which were English, and had been brought over about two months 
before, and thirteen French, which had been in his possession 
about ten months. The English dogs varied from two to five years 
old. They had not been hunted much in their own country, and had 
been accustomed to be fed on horseflesh ; but since their arrival 
here they had been subjected to the regimen which M. Schikler 
deems most conducive to health, and which consisted of one pound 
of barley-bread per diem for each dog. Three times in the week 
this was soaked in a kind of soup formed from boiling paunches, 
and on the other days the bread was cut in pieces, and given alone. 
1 saw some of this bread, and found it to be doughy and moist. 
Within a fortnight after the arrival of these dogs they were hunted 
for three long consecutive days, and the weather was very cold 
and wet. On the last of these days they crossed the Seine twice, 
and that when heated and almost worn out by a six hours’ course. 
Two days after this the pack was removed from the usual kennel, 
which is well boarded and drained, to Glatigny. There the dogs 
were lodged for a time in an extremely damp building, badly ven- 
tilated, and where they were obliged to lie upon the ground, or 
with only a little straw to keep them warm. Within two or three 
days after this removal, some of the dogs were observed to be dull 
and to cough ; the eyes became inflamed, &c. They were, conse- 
quently, removed to a drier and better ventilated habitation, and 
there we found them. It was on the 7th of January that this 
latter removal took place, and at that time all the dogs shewed, 
more or less, symptoms of disease, but none had died. The first 
which died had been ill only twenty-four hours, and fell a victim 
to the disease on the 9th. This animal’s appetite remained good 
up to the very last moment. On the 10th, two more died, and 
several others were reduced to the last extremity; and then it was 
that M. Schikler sent to our school for advice. The animals had 
not, however, been left entirely without treatment : those which 
coughed most had been bled. Milk had been given to them all, 
and good warm beds, but without effect. In the animals which 
had been bled, the blood flowed freely as soon as the vein was 
opened : it appeared very liquid, and did not coagulate, but soon 
became decomposed. 
Lastly, I must remark, that only one out of the thirteen French 
dogs had been taken ill, while not one of the English ones had 
escaped. 
Nature and Seat of the Disease . — I have already stated, that in 
all the animals we opened one or both of the pulmonary lobes was 
the seat of a sero-purulent infiltration, and in nearly all numerous 
ecchymoses were observable on the lungs and in the bronchia and 
larynx. Taking into consideration these lesions, and the frequent 
and obstinate cough that appeared with the disease, and ceased 
