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ROBERT DICKSON. 
The May number of last year’s Review quotes a paper read 
before the Wisconsin Association of Veterinary Graduates at 
Milwaukee on “ Azoturia in the Dog,” by Dr. Leach, and as 
there is such a difference between his experience and mine, I 
hope there will be a chance for us all to learn something. 
He states, “ it is characterized by tonic and clonic spasms of 
the pelvic and lumbar muscles, also those of the pectoral re¬ 
gion.” He also states that the primary cause is dietetic and that 
dogs are very liable to it, as they are very much abused for want 
of exercise in the proper manner ; that owners also err in the 
way of feeding, not paying enough attention to the condition 
and vocation of the animals, and in that way leaving the dog 
more subject to the disease. Then he goes on and gives a brief 
description of the symptoms he found in two cases, one dog be¬ 
ing attacked in the right pelvic limb, the other losing the power 
of both pelvic limbs, urine high colored with nitrogen and 
albumin slightly present. Then he states they yield very easily 
to treatment, quicklyrecovering, with very little danger of their 
terminating fatally. Hozv near he is right or wrong it is for 
you gentlemen to determine, or whether he has had a true case 
of azoturia. 
The following is my experience : Feb. 15th I was called to 
see a black spaniel, 9 years old, weighing 21 pounds, very fat 
and well cared for. He had an attack of nephritis last fall, and 
one attack a year ago last fall. He was well fed from the 
kitchen, getting a taste of everything he would eat. It was a 
standing rule for him to be exercised twice a day, morning and 
night ; as he was taken from the house this day, the house 
being situated at Park Avenue and 74th Street, he played, ran, 
jumped, and appeared to feel as good as usual, until he reached 
5th Avenue and 75th Street, when he was suddenly taken with 
a faulty gait, reeling and staggering, and finally falling down, 
becoming unable to walk. He was carried home and I was 
sent for. On arriving at the house I found him lying on his 
left side. He appeared bright and showed no symptoms of 
pain, but could not stand up. Thinking it a case of acute 
