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June that M. Leblanc was aware that he had to deal 
with a case of glucosuria. The dog began to cough, and be¬ 
came very weak, when its mistress, remembering that a 
person of her acquaintance had died of diabetes, wanted to 
know whether the dog was not suffering from the same 
disease. Putting her finger, which she had dipped in the 
animal’s urine, to her tongue, she easily recognised the sweet 
taste of sugar. This she at once communicated to M. 
Leblanc, who, after having ascertained its correctness, collected 
a sufficient quantity of urine from the patient in order to test 
whether it really contained glucose. The reaction, according 
to Barreswill, led him to believe that it existed in a large 
quantity, but no other analysis was resorted to. However, 
having now a clue to the disease he had to treat, M. Leblanc 
employed the means that are adopted for the human subject 
under similar circumstances, but without any favorable result. 
The malady became more and more aggravated, and the 
animal died at the end of July. 
Unfortunately, no autopsy could be made, and this case 
therefore remains incomplete. It is, notwithstanding, one of 
great interest. The dog, the subject of it, had been fed all 
its life on raw meat; but M. Leblanc rightly remarks that 
glucosuria does not necessarily result from the diet, and that, 
contrary to what has been advanced by authors, farinaceous 
food is not absolutely necessary for the formation of glucose 
in the animal system, and its elimination by the kidneys. 
The second case of M. Leblanc occurred in a monkey, 
which had been fed on various substances, such as bread, 
biscuits, vegetables, broth, milk, meat, and confectionary. 
This time, the author says, “ I could positively affirm that 
the urine of this animal contained a large quantity of sugar, 
as it was proved by repeated analysation by M. Foggiale.” 
The medical treatment in this case also was unfavorable, 
and the animal died in the country, where the proprietor had 
taken him, after a lingering illness of seven months; conse¬ 
quently in this case also no autopsy was made. 
The case that occurred under the observation of Professor 
Thiernesse was that of a bitch, of small size, fifteen years 
old. Having come into the possession of her owner when 
three years old, he consequently had her twelve years. At 
the beginning of April last she was taken ill. The infor¬ 
mation obtained by M.'Thiernesse, on his first visit, was that 
the dog had been affected a few days previously with a con¬ 
siderable flow of urine and frequent emission of the same ; 
that she was very thirsty, and would drink about every 
quarter of an hour, even during the night; that she was 
