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REPORTS OF CASES. 
DISTEMPER—ITS SEQUENCES AND FATAL 
TERMINATION IN A DOG. 
By Dr. W. W. Yard, New York City. 
I was called to see a very finely bred pug dog, Nov. 2d, 
with the history that he had distemper about a month ago. 
Three days ago he began to twitch and jerk and cry out in 
his sleep. When I saw him there was a constant twitching 
of all the involuntary muscles, principally of the hind legs, 
chest and head ; loss of appetite, anxious expression, frequent 
whining, accelerated pulse and respiration normal. Put him 
under strychnia and stimulants. Called to see him on the 6th, 
but no improvement; increased'the dose of strychnia, and 
applied slight counter-irritation to spine. Saw patient on the 
10th, and found both front legs completely paralyzed ; applied 
electricity daily, which later was increased to twice a day. 
This gave very good results, so much so that patient could 
stagger around the room. Electricity was stopped and only 
strychnia given. I did not see patient again for about a week, 
but was kept posted every day or so as to his condition; this 
was such that he was exercised for half an hour daily. Nov. 
23d I was sent word that the dog had a fit. When I saw him 
he was running around the room in a circle as fast as he could, 
banging against any obstacle. This would continue lor about 
fifteen minutes, when he would fall down exhausted; at these 
particular times the dog was thoroughly conscious, then all 
of a sudden, without any warning, he would start up again. 
I had blankets and pillows put round in a circle, backed up 
with chairs to prevent him injuring himself, gave a large dose 
of opium, and in a little while had him quieted, so I left. Two 
hours later I called and he was gunning round the same as 
before, with head hanging down on the left side. Had ice 
packs put on head and gave morphine ; this had some effect, 
but in an hour he began to bleed profusely from the nose and 
died in half an hour. Tried to get a post mortem, but could 
not. 
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CYSTOCELE IN A COW. 
By Dr. Moyle, Waterford, Wis. 
On December 2, 1895, being called to see a cow, I found 
her fast in stanchions with a large tumor, the size of a child’s 
head, protruding from the vulva. It was dark in color with 
its surface excoriated. My first impression was that I had to | 
deal with a case of vaginal polypus, but upon close examina- | t 
tion it proved to be a cystocele. Upon inquiring into the j. 
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