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had been stabling near the diseased cows. Her symptoms 
were a cough, with loss of appetite, and diminution of milk, 
and as the lungs seemed still to be sound, she was for the 
time put aside as a suspect only. A few days later, when the 
disease had rapidly progressed, the cough had increased, the 
breathing had become short and percussion of the chest re¬ 
vealed dullness on both sides of the lungs in the posterior 
half. She was then destroyed, and at the post-mortem the 
lungs were found hard and presenting a brownish-red colora. 
tion, the hepatized portions having the usual appearance of 
pleuro-pneumonic lungs except that the marbled condition was 
not quite so marked as in the lungs of pleuro-pneumonic cows 
This case is the first one recorded by the author, and taking 
into consideration the generally accepted theory of the mode 
of development of contagious pleuro-pneumonia, he advises 
great care in the application of the sanitary laws relating to 
pleuro-pneumonia, until new cases are reported which may jus¬ 
tify the inclusion of caprine contagious pneumonia in the laws 
regulating the subject .—Annales de Brux. 
ECLAMPSIA IN THE DOG. 
By Professor Ad. Rettl. 
Referring to eclampsia in the nursing bitch , the author 
says; “a functional disease of the nervous system, it attacks 
the animal suddenly, one or two days after delivery, and has 
been observed in animals nearly at term and previous to par¬ 
turition. There exists a great resemblance between eclampsia 
in the dog and the parturient apoplexy of cattle—a resem¬ 
blance principally observable in a portion of its manifesta¬ 
tions, affecting well bred and kept animals, as the black and 
tan and Yorkshire terriers, pugs and greyhounds; it is less 
common in other breeds. Primipares in good condition are 
mostly affected, and may have several attacks. Among its 
causes, exposure is one of the principal, but violent moral 
impressions have a serious influence, such as the loss of one 
or several pups, fright, anger, &c. The disease appears sud¬ 
denly, the animal being first more or less nervous and agitated, 
