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REPORT OF CASES. 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
ANGINA PECTORIS IN A PUG DOG. 
By A. Liautard, M.D., V. M. 
The affection which is the subject of this communication is, 
as far as my researches show, very rare in animals. So much 
so, indeed, that I have failed to find a single case recorded 
among a large number of veterinary journals at my disposal. 
In fact, the disease seems so much ignored, in veterinary 
literature, that, with the exception of Williams, I see no men¬ 
tion of it in any of my French or English books on equine or 
canine pathology. Is it because, after all, angina pectoris is 
scarcely an affection proper, that it is more the manifestation 
of organic internal diseases, or, again, that it is so rare that it 
has not been recognized, and on that account failed to occupy 
in veterinary pathology the place that it has in human medi¬ 
cine ? 
Be this as it may, I must acknowledge that, though I am no 
longer a beginner in veterinary practice, and, though I have 
had a large experience in canine pathology, I had great difficulty 
in arriving at a positive diagnosis, which, to my sad personal 
feelings, I confirmed by post-mortem, my diagnosis being 
based on careful comparison made of the symptoms I had the 
opportunity to observe and those so well described in Pepper’s 
“ System of Medicine.” 
The report of the case may appear long, but my excuse in 
making it such can be better appreciated in taking into con¬ 
sideration the fact that the subject was a-great pet of mine, and 
that the close observation to which I submitted him, permits 
me to describe his symptoms minutely, and present some facts 
of interest in the history of the disease, which I hope may prove 
advantageous to my confreres. 
“ Punch” was a well-bred dog, about six years old, largely 
developed, weighing about 13 kilos, with unusual expression of 
features, playful, far more intelligent than is usual among 
animals of the same breed, and he had been in my family for 
some five years, where he was a great pet. He had never been 
sick, was always ready to play, to enjoy a good run or a long 
walk. 
On a few occasions during the years 1893 and 1894, lie 
showed sharp difficulty in breathing,characterized by the sudden 
appearance of symptoms of choking, which lasted for a few 
