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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Now
in
mild
cases
we
may
look
for
some
abatement
of
the
symptoms
about
the
fourteenth
day.
The
fever
gets
less,
inflammation
decreases
in
the
mucous
passages,
and
appetite
is
restored
as
one
of
the
first
signs
of
returning
health.
More
often,
however,
the
disease
becomes
complicated.
Diagnosis--The
diagnostic
symptoms
are
the
severe
catarrh,
combined
not
only
with
fever,
but
speedy
emaciation.
Pneumonia,
as
we
might
easily
imagine,
is
a
very
likely
complication,
and
a
very
dangerous
one.
There
is
great
distress
in
breathing,
the
animal
panting
rapidly.
The
countenance
is
anxious,
the
pulse
small
and
frequent,
and
the
extremities
cold.
The
animal
would
fain
sit
up
on
his
haunches,
or
even
seek
to
get
out
into
the
fresh
air,
but
sickness,
weakness,
and
prostration
often
forbid
his
movements.
If
the
ear
or
stethoscope
be
applied
to
the
chest,
the
characteristic
signs
of
pneumonia
will
be
heard;
these
are
sounds
of
moist
crepitations,
etc.
Bronchitis
is
probably
the
most
common
complication;
in
fact,
it
is
always
present,
except
in
very
mild
cases.
The
cough
becomes
more
severe,
and
often
comes
on
in
tearing
paroxysms,
causing
sickness
and
vomiting.
The
breathing
is
short
and
frequent,
the
mouth
hot
and
filled
with
viscid
saliva,
while
very
often
the
bowels
are
constipated.
If
the
liver
becomes
involved,
we
shall
very
soon
have
the
jaundiced
eye
and
the
yellow
skin.
Diarrhoea
is
another
very
common
complication.
We
have
frequent
purging
and,
maybe,
sickness
and
vomiting.
Fits
of
a
convulsive
character
are
frequent
concomitants
of
distemper.
Epilepsy
is
sometimes
seen,
owing,
no
doubt,
to
degeneration
of
the
nerve
centres
caused
by
blood-poisoning.
There
are
many
other
complications,
and
skin
complaints
are
common
after
it.
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