. 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. tHB ORGANS OP SPECIAL SENSE. 239 (' Archiv f. Wissensch. u. pract. Thierh.,' 1875), also by Defranc, Megnin, and Fleming. Kuchenmeister described the harvest bug as a human parasite causing boils, obtained in the antumn from grass and stubble. It affects animals in July and August; at other time it is supposed to undergo developmental changes in mossy places. It is frequent in countries with chalky soil, and burrows in the skin. It. Fia. 73
. 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. tHB ORGANS OP SPECIAL SENSE. 239 (' Archiv f. Wissensch. u. pract. Thierh.,' 1875), also by Defranc, Megnin, and Fleming. Kuchenmeister described the harvest bug as a human parasite causing boils, obtained in the antumn from grass and stubble. It affects animals in July and August; at other time it is supposed to undergo developmental changes in mossy places. It is frequent in countries with chalky soil, and burrows in the skin. It. Fia. 73.—Leptus aulumnalis. (After Friedbebseb.) produces irritation, especially when the part is rubbed, which causes it to expel acrid ejecta. Before it has burrowed it may be detected with the naked eye, as its bright red colour renders it conspicuous. It most fre- quently attaches itself to the head or upper part of the neck or back of the dog. It causes at first a great deal of irritation of the skin and eczematous changes, indi- cated by the usual symptoms. In some cases there is little actual irritation but bare spots of irregularly circular form are found scattered over the head or upper part of the body. On the more recent spots the bright red parasite may be detected by means of a small hand lens. Fleming found that paraffin dressing answered in a few days, but the skin looked unhealthy for some weeks. Friedberger found that energetic washing only seemed to extend the disease ; he tried the effect of 4 per cent, solu-. 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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