. The dog in health and in disease : including his origin, history, varieties, breeding, education, and general management in health, and his treatment in disease. Dogs. 124 THE DOG IN HEALTH. known, if not well understood, to trainers of men and other animals for feats of speed, etc. There can be no doubt that these influences, carried in to the nervous centers from the skin in grooming and massage, are reflected to all the organs and tissues of the body, and serve as the very best sort of a regulator or natural tonic. These means are espe- cially valuable just after ex- ercise, and on those
. The dog in health and in disease : including his origin, history, varieties, breeding, education, and general management in health, and his treatment in disease. Dogs. 124 THE DOG IN HEALTH. known, if not well understood, to trainers of men and other animals for feats of speed, etc. There can be no doubt that these influences, carried in to the nervous centers from the skin in grooming and massage, are reflected to all the organs and tissues of the body, and serve as the very best sort of a regulator or natural tonic. These means are espe- cially valuable just after ex- ercise, and on those days when the weather does not permit of the animals being taken into the fields or on the highways. The larger breeds of dogs that carry a heavy coat are apt to suffer from the heat of summer. When these animals can not be taken to some natural body of water for a bath, it is a comfort to them to supply an arti- ficial bath into which they can themselves go as they feel inclined. It requires a little study to manage this, and at the same time not allow the dogs to get into dirt afterward. A grass run is very valuable in such a case. The excess of oil in the coats of these breeds makes them resisting to water, and they are. Fig. f).—Sudoriparous Glands. 1 x 20 (after Sappey). 1,1, epidermis ; 2,2, mucous layer ; 3,3, papillae ; 4, 4, derma ; 5, 5, subcu- taneous areolar tissue ; 6, 6, 6, 6, sudoriparous glands ; 7, 7, adipose vesicles; 8,8, excretory ducts in der- ma ; 9,9, excretory ducts 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 Mills, Wesley, 1847-1915. New York : D. Appleton
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