. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. or climbing up stairs; the latter hemay refuse to do, and on forcibly bending the spinal column the animal 248 DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM may evince pain. The back is turned or crooked to one side, the hind legsbeing carried forward under the abdomen (Fig. 95). Frec^uently theanimal may cry out, howl or show great pain on certain movements orpositions of the body, the same movement apparently he may have donea few moments before without showing the slightest pain. This conditionis frequently mistaken for acute muscular rheumatism. In rare cases th
. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. or climbing up stairs; the latter hemay refuse to do, and on forcibly bending the spinal column the animal 248 DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM may evince pain. The back is turned or crooked to one side, the hind legsbeing carried forward under the abdomen (Fig. 95). Frec^uently theanimal may cry out, howl or show great pain on certain movements orpositions of the body, the same movement apparently he may have donea few moments before without showing the slightest pain. This conditionis frequently mistaken for acute muscular rheumatism. In rare cases theanimal carries the hind quarters in the air and balances the body on theanterior limbs (Fig. 90), and gradually there is a great increase in the mus-cular development of pectoral and thoracic muscles; as a rule there is atendency to retention of the fseces and urine, but there may also be invol-untary passage of urine and faeces. The appetite is generally impaired,the reflexes are impaired and the penis may either be erected or protruded. Fig. 96.—Dog with pachymeningitis ossificans. Characteristic position of body in walking. beyond the prepuce. The disease may vary to a certain extent in inten-sity, but sooner or later the paralysis increases, either involving one legmore than another or the entire hind quarters are affected; gradually thesensibility decreases and the animals show entire loss of muscular powerand pain in the affected parts. Therapeutic Treatment of the Diseases of the Spinal Cord.—In theearly stages of the disease when fever, hypersesthesia, and convulsionsgive pronounced evidence of the disease, it is advisable to give anti-phlogistic treatment, consisting of cold compresses (ice bags) upon thespinal cord, and vigorous purgatives (calomel), saline purgatives, andlastly enemas. In cases where the paralytic symptoms predominate,we use irritants along the spinal column, such as painting with can-tharidal, collodion, or dilute croton oil, viz., oleum croton
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