DIABETES MELLITUS IN DOGS. 
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clinics of one of the mother schools of Europe and glean knowl¬ 
edge and inspiration from their field, and during 236 clinic days 
there were established by systematic clinical examination six 
clear cases of this disease from among 6,104 small animals 
presented. 
W ith your permission, I will submit histories of these cases 
so far as I have been able to obtain them, for, as you are aware, 
the despatch with which all cases must necessarily be handled 
when nearly 11,000 patients pass over the same examination 
table in the space of one year, is not conducive to long clinical 
records, but those more to the point. I have in all these cases 
seen the animals undergoing examination, and along with the 
report entered upon the register I have made personal visits to 
the various owners, that I might learn more fully the true states 
which lead up to the final disease of their animals. 
Case No. 1. 'Terrier, mongrel, female, 8 years of age, weigh¬ 
ing about 10 lbs., owned by Frau Eili Straus, 40 Leipzig Street, 
Berlin, presented in Polyclinic Nov. 8th, when after the usual 
examination had been made the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus 
was given. There was 6^ per cent, of sugar found in the 
urine. No treatment was given and an autopsy was asked for, 
but refused. I some months afterward gained the following- 
history from the owner, who had been in possession of the pa¬ 
tient since the sixth month of its age 5 that it had always had 
good health until June, 1895. At the age of two years she had 
been “ lined ” and bore 3 healthy puppies at fulltime, and from 
that time she began to accumulate fat, notwithstanding a very 
nervous temperament and much exercise (which latter I found 
incorrect, as she seldom left the room except upon the lead line). 
Two and one-half years ago or thereabouts a tumor-like enlarge¬ 
ment was noticed upon the second segment of the left mammas, 
which grew slowly until it had reached the length of a fino-er 
and gave a knotty formation. The skin was adherent, but un¬ 
broken. 
The first real evidence of ill health was increased thirst and 
appetite, accompanied by loss of flesh and diminished activity. 
