. A treatise on the diseases of the dog; being a manual of canine pathology. Especially adapted for the use of veterinary practitioners and students. Dogs. DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. 75 action. Nothing can be done to remedy this state of affairs ; indeed, it is not often diagnosed, but when a patient liable to rheumatism has irregularity of the pulse and a sharp jerky beat of the heart, also a rushing sound is detectable on auscultation, this condition may be sus- pected. It has further been observed that animals suffer- ing in this way are liable to give a sudden shrill cry and fall
. A treatise on the diseases of the dog; being a manual of canine pathology. Especially adapted for the use of veterinary practitioners and students. Dogs. DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. 75 action. Nothing can be done to remedy this state of affairs ; indeed, it is not often diagnosed, but when a patient liable to rheumatism has irregularity of the pulse and a sharp jerky beat of the heart, also a rushing sound is detectable on auscultation, this condition may be sus- pected. It has further been observed that animals suffer- ing in this way are liable to give a sudden shrill cry and fall in an attack of syncope. Small doses of calomel alternated with iodide of potassium are indicated ; quiet must be enforced. But the animal is at any time liable to drop down dead. Fatty Degeneration op the Heart is frequent in pam- pered asthmatical pets. It must not be confounded with fatty deposit in or upon the heart, for it is much more. Pig. 25.—Fatty degeneration (Qttain). Fig. 26.—Fatty infiltration (Quain). serious, being a true degeneration of the muscular fibres of the organ. There is a marked want of tone in the pulse and heart's beat in these cases, and an incapacity for even moderate exertion, but there are no infallibly dia- gnostic symptoms; death ensues from syncope. Post mortem the heart is found to be pale, soft, and greasy on section. Rupture oe the Heart is occasionally seen, but not so frequently as in the horse and other working animals. Touatt reports a case in which the animal suffered from. 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 Steel, John Henry. New York, J. Wiley & Sons
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