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A thorough examination was made, the results being as 
follows: Male pug dog, about six years old, in abnormal fat 
condition, the hair being of dull lustre, the visible mucous 
membranes appear to be ansemic; pulse is small, irregular, 
beating about loo times a minute. At the two brachial arteries 
the pulse appears not synchronous. Temperature per rectum is 
102° F. 
The heart shock is weak and can hardly be felt on the left 
side of the thorax. Percussion of the heart region shows an 
increased zone of dullness. While auscultating the heart, I 
find the first sound normal, while the second one is hardly to 
be distinguished ; it appears to be combined with a by-sound al¬ 
most synchronous with the diastole of the heart. This abnormal 
by-sound is of a somewhat buzzing character. According to 
my examination of the heart I diagnose insufficiency of the 
semilunar valves of the aorta and also a possible (dilation) an¬ 
eurism. There was also most probably a dilation of the left 
ventricle. Percussion of the thoracic walls shows, apart from the 
increased dullness of the heart region, nothing abnormal. Aus¬ 
cultation of the lungs reveals dry bronchial rales. Examina¬ 
tion of the digestive apparatus reveals nothing very important, 
except a catarrh of the intestinal tract. Disturbances in the 
function of the rectum are not present. Examination of the 
urogenital organs proves slight albuminuria and quite an en¬ 
largement of the prostatic gland. 
The psyche of the animal is not free, it appears distinctly 
depressed, somewhat apathetic. 
A thorough examination of the eyes shows considerable 
dilation of the pupils, partial atrophy of the optic nerves, some 
small calcifications within the lens ; these, however, were not 
sufficient to cause any substantial disturbance of the eyesight. 
The hind extremities are almost perfectly paralyzed. When 
trying to move the dog drags the extremities ; the animal is 
unable to make any co-ordinate movements with the same. The 
fore extremities show couimencing paretic symptoms, the right 
one more so. 
However, there is not substantial atrophy of any muscles of 
the extremities and the trunk. Almost puzzling is the consid¬ 
erable atrophy of both temporal muscles. Every time the 
animal tries to move a considerable tremor of the muscles of the 
extremities sets in ; during rest, however, it disappears alto¬ 
gether. While testing the sensibility of the nerves, I can 
hardly detect anything abnormal. On the other hand, the re- 
