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Title: Diseases of the dog and their treatment
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Müller, Georg Alfred, 1851-1923 Glass, Alexander
Subjects: Horses Dogs -- Diseases
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Alexander Eger
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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tication is impossible; saliva runs outof the mouth. This condition occurs very frequently as a symptom ofrabies. In rare instances it has been observed as a result of some otherdisease. 2. Paralysis of the Anterior Limhs.—The front legs hang inert andall the joints flex very easily. 3. Paralysis of the Posterior Limbs.—The hind legs are dragged alongthe ground, the paws being flexed and drawn backward. If the pawsare drawn forward and this flexion overcome, the animal is able to standon its legs if the body is held. 4. Paralysis of the Cruralis.—In this condition the animal does notuse the posterior limb. All the joints become flexed abnormally, andthe thigh bends backward. This condition may also be due to somedisease of the spine. The electrical current is very useful to determine how much certainmuscles and nerves can be excited by the current and is particularlyuseful in the diagnosis of paralysis of the nerves and muscles and nutritive EXAMINATION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 231
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Fig. 92.—/., shows superior portion of the cerebrum; II., the lateral surface; and /., //., ///., IV.are the four convolutions.; .S, is the sulcus cruciatus; F, the fissure of Sylvius; o, the bulbus olfactorius;p, is the optic nerve. The motor centres are; 1, for the muscles of the neck; 2, for the extensors andadductors of the anterior limbs; 3, for the flexors and rotators of the anterior limb; 4, for the musclesof the posterior Umbs; 5, for the facial muscles; 6, for the lateral movements of the tail; 7, for the re-traction and adduction of the anterior limbs; 8, for the lifting of the shoulder and extension of the frontlimb (walking); 9, 9, for the orbicularis palpebrarum, zygomaticus, and closing of the eyelid; /., t, theheat-centre of Eulenberg and Landois. (Landois.) Fig. 92.—//., a, a, retraction and elevation of the corners of the mouth; b, opening of the mouthand movements of the tongue; d, the opening of the eyelids. 232 DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM disturbances of th

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