. The management and diseases of the dog. Dogs. General Diseases. 363 slightly, especially on the fore-legs. The dog now moved with a reeling, snatching gait ; the latter was particularly observable in the hind-legs. The back was also arched. When lying down or resting, the head had a tremulous, but not persistent, motion ; the limbs, however, were con- tinually twitching. I a seton at the back of the ears. The same afternoon, before medicinal treatment was commenced, the animal died. I made a post-inottem examination for the purpose of ascertaining the condition of the heart, as the
. The management and diseases of the dog. Dogs. General Diseases. 363 slightly, especially on the fore-legs. The dog now moved with a reeling, snatching gait ; the latter was particularly observable in the hind-legs. The back was also arched. When lying down or resting, the head had a tremulous, but not persistent, motion ; the limbs, however, were con- tinually twitching. I a seton at the back of the ears. The same afternoon, before medicinal treatment was commenced, the animal died. I made a post-inottem examination for the purpose of ascertaining the condition of the heart, as the case being of long standing, and complicated with rheumatism, I expected to find cardiac mischief. On making a section through the right ventricle, and exposing the tricuspid. Fig. 33. heart of dog, left ventricle open. i. mitral valve, inflamed. 2. ante-mortem fibrinous clot. valve, I found the latter thickened and rough, beyond which there was nothing abnormal to be seen ; but an examination of the left ventricle revealed the presence of an attte-mortem. clot" seven-eighths of an inch in length, wedge-shaped, tapering to a point. It was the sixteenth of an inch thick, white in colour, and fibrous, having on its upper surface a dark, recent blood-clot. This ante- tnortem clot was immediately below and partly attached 24. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hill, John Woodroffe, d. 1909. London, S. Sonnenschein & Co. , Lim. ; New York, The Macmillan Co.
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