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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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The
Age
at
which
Dogs
take
Distemper--They
may
take
distemper
at
any
age;
the
most
common
time
of
life
is
from
the
fifth
till
the
eleventh
or
twelfth
month.
Symptoms--There
is,
first
and
foremost,
a
period
of
latency
or
of
incubation,
in
which
there
is
more
or
less
of
dullness
and
loss
of
appetite,
and
this
glides
gradually
into
a
state
of
feverishness.
The
fever
may
be
ushered
in
with
chills
and
shivering.
The
nose
now
becomes
hot
and
dry,
the
dog
is
restless
and
thirsty,
and
the
conjunctivae
of
the
eyes
will
be
found
to
be
considerably
injected.
Sometimes
the
bowels
are
at
first
constipated,
but
they
are
more
usually
irregular.
Sneezing
will
also
be
frequent,
and
in
some
cases
cough,
dry
and
husky
at
first.
The
temperature
should
be
taken,
and
if
there
is
a
rise
of
two
or
three
degrees
the
case
should
be
treated
as
distemper,
and
not
as
a
common
cold.
At
the
commencement
there
is
but
little
exudation
from
the
eyes
and
nose,
but
as
the
disease
advances
this
symptom
will
become
more
marked,
being
clear
at
first.
So,
too,
will
another
symptom
which
is
partially
diagnostic
of
the
malady,
namely,
increased
heat
of
body
combined
with
a
rapid
falling
off
in
flesh,
sometimes,
indeed,
proceeding
quickly
on
to
positive
emaciation.
As
the
disease
creeps
downwards
and
inwards
along
the
air-passages,
the
chest
gets
more
and
more
affected,
the
discharge
of
mucus
and
pus
from
the
nostrils
more
abundant,
and
the
cough
loses
its
dry
character,
becoming
moist.
The
discharge
from
the
eyes
is
simply
mucus
and
pus,
but
if
not
constantly
dried
away
will
gum
the
inflamed
lids
together,
that
from
the
nostrils
is
not
only
purulent,
but
often
mixed
with
dark
blood.
The
appetite
is
now
clean
gone,
and
there
is
often
vomiting
and
occasional
attacks
of
diarrhoea.
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