OK THE LIVER IN DOGS. 
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cuticle, the conjunctiva, the iris, the gums, the lips, and, finally, 
it is visible over the whole body, even when that is covered with 
dark hair. The fever becomes more and more perceptible, there 
are alternations of cold and heat, and, during the paroxysms of 
the fever, the pulse is from one hundred and twenty to one hun¬ 
dred and thirty, the breathings eighty, and the dry tongue of the 
animal hangs from his mouth just as it would if he had been 
running quickly and long in the heat. The warmth of the body 
is increased, the hair becomes yet more rough and dull, there is 
no appetite, the nose and mouth are hot and dry, the animal 
appears very thirsty and seems particularly to desire cold clear 
water, the beating of the heart is perceptibly heard, the expired 
air is very hot, and the breathing laborious. The dog becomes 
restless, seeks to hide himself, and, if the parts in the neighbour¬ 
hood of the liver are pressed upon, he groans with pain. In 
a few hours the paroxysm of fever goes off, the breathing becomes 
deeper, more regular, assumes the natural state, and the pulse 
diminishes in like manner. 
In the typhoid variety of the fever the paroxysm usually con¬ 
tinues about two days, during which time the animals are tole¬ 
rably calm, come from their hiding-places, and move about and 
bark a little, but evidently very faintly and painfully. 
From this to the eighth or tenth day there are frequent vomit¬ 
ings, which are slimy, and evidently contain gall. The animal be¬ 
comes visibly thinner, he obstinately refuses all food, and only ma¬ 
nifests thirst; his hind parts begin to totter; he withdraws himself 
from observation, and anxiously seeks some dark place where he 
may lay himself down with his belly flat on the cool ground, his foi e 
legs stretched before him and the others behind him, and, if any 
one touches his belly, he shews great pain. The fever becomes un¬ 
interrupted ; the cuticle appears often of a dark black yellow ; 
the mucous membrane of the mouth and the conjunctiva of a 
dirty red ; the expired air is evidently hot, the gaze anxious, the 
excrement either hardened or thin and of a yellow brown, the 
urine saffron-yellow, or darker: in short, there now appears every 
symptom of inflammation of the liver. 
As this new and dangerous disease proceeds, the animal begins 
to vomit masses of a yellowish green substance, and, lastly, 
lumps of a brownish green hue together with blood are thrown 
up. The animal wastes away to a skeleton ; he totters in his 
walk; his head hangs down ; he appears unconscious; convul¬ 
sions come on; the pulse becomes w'eak and interrupted; the 
temperature sinks ; and death ensues. 
In the cases where, in consequence of the sudden operation 
of some external cause, such as giving tlie animal a cold by 
