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of a large portion of the lung tissue and points to a fatal re¬ 
sult. The eyes may be affected with a conjunctivitis, which 
may terminate as such or may be followed by a simple keratitis, 
which may result in ulcerative keratitis. 
The intestinal complications maybe enumerated as gastritis, 
gastro-duodenitis, jaundice and enteritis. Gastritis is indicated 
by the inability of the stomach to retain food and persistent 
vomiting of a frothy mucous, which soon becomes mixed with 
bile. In gastro-duodenitis the matter vomited does not contain 
bile, but consists of a glairy mucous. Gastro-duodenitis usually 
ends in enteritis and frequently, from extension of inflammation 
of the bile ducts, in jaundice. Jaundice is almost invariably 
a fatal complication. 
We have observed that in distemper, enteritis very often as¬ 
sumes a subacute form, so far as the manifestation of pain is con¬ 
cerned, although the organs after death may show the signs of in¬ 
tense inflammation. This is no doubt due to the toxic influence 
of the poison in the blood. There is observed in enteritis, first 
an obstinate constipation, followed by a serous diarrhoea, rapidly 
becoming dark in color and mixed with blood. The discharges 
have a peculiar fetor, which is very characteristic. Dysentery 
frequently sets in and in a few days the animal becomes greatly 
emaciated, foul smelling and a pitiable looking object indeed. 
The discharges are passed frequently in very small quantities, 
often accompanied by tenesmus, which is liable to cause pro¬ 
lapsus of the rectum. We have found prolapsus of the rectum 
under these circumstances not to be amenable to treatment. 
Under the head of cerebro-spinal complications may be men¬ 
tioned meningitis, myelitis and chorea. Meningitis usually 
manifests itself in the form of epileptic fits, in which we have 
pivoting of the eyes, frothing at the mouth and champing of the 
jaws. Animal may throw itself upon its back and utter shrill 
cries or moans. Meningitis may be exhibited in that rarer 
form in which the animal walks around continuously in a cir¬ 
cle in one direction either to the right or the left and appears to 
be in a sort of stupor, showing indications of brain pressure. A 
