. 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 OP THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. 85 it a disease of old age which must take its course, although in extreme distress an emetic may be required to give the animal relief, and the passages must be kept as clean as possible. He continues, " I scarcely ever knew a very old pug that had not it to a greater or less ; Syringing the passages with solution of zinc chloride or permanganate of potash lessens the smell and promotes
. 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 OP THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. 85 it a disease of old age which must take its course, although in extreme distress an emetic may be required to give the animal relief, and the passages must be kept as clean as possible. He continues, " I scarcely ever knew a very old pug that had not it to a greater or less ; Syringing the passages with solution of zinc chloride or permanganate of potash lessens the smell and promotes cure. Parasitic Oz-ena is of frequent occurrence, for an arachnidan, Pentastoma tsenioides, takes up its abode in and near the nasal chambers of the dog. It is the mature. Fig. 27.—Pentastome (XJobbold). form of Penta. denticulatum, which infests the abdominal viscera of horses, ruminants, man, and other animals, and is tolerably frequent in various parts of Europe. " Oar dogs commonly obtain the worm by frequenting butchers' stalls and slaughter houses, where portions of the fresh viscera are apt to be inconsiderately flung to hungry animals" (Oobbold). Professor Dick records a case of sudden death, supposed to be the result of poisoning, in which three pentastomes had wandered into the larynx, trachea, and left bronchus respectively, probably in search of warmth, and so suffocated the animal (' Veterinarian/ 1840, p. 42). As these parasites are formidably-armed and rough, they cause a good deal of irritation when they are mi- grating from one part of the nasal chamber to another. The patient rolls violently, sometimes in a convulsive fit, rubs the nose with his paws or against the ground, sneezes paroxysmally, champs the jaws, and occasionally death ensues. These active movements result from the parasite being disturbed in some way, as by cold, frosty. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for re
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