Some veterinarians hold that dogs are liable to this alarming and fatal disease. At the slightest suspicion of diphtheria, isolate the patient, as it is contagious, and call in a veterinary surgeon at once.

I have never had a case of diphtheria as yet in any of my dogs, but should I have, would at once call in a good doctor or veterinarian. This disease should be treated the same as if in a person.

Dent, at my request, furnishes the following article on this disease: "There has been considerable discussion over this disease, which is so alarming in the human family. While some veterinarians hold that this disease does not exist in dogs, others contend as religiously that it does.

"There are cases on record where a dog has contracted the disease from eating the food that had previously been placed before an affected child, and it is reasonable to presume that the disease is communicable from man to dog, and vice versa, when we consider the intimate terms under which they exist.

"The cause of this disease in the dog, as in man, is a specific germ which attacks the throat, or nose, or both and extends from them down into the wind pipe.

Symptoms

Difficulty in swallowing, more or less difficulty in breathing, chills, fever, marked debility and exhaustion.

Treatment

The slightest suspicion of this disease calls for isolation, increased attention to sanitation, careful disinfection, and the attenton of a skillful veterinarian, who should use antitoxin exactly as used in human practice. Feed easily digested food, and as the animal passes the critical period and approaches convalescene, use a good tonic condition pill, any of those advertised in this book."