The Dog | Page 2

his character, and seek the means of ameliorating his condition.
PHILADELPHIA, October, 1846.

* * * * *

TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Chapter
I.
The Early History and Zoological Classification of the Dog
II. The Varieties of the Dog.--First Division
III. The Varieties of the Dog.--Second Division
IV. The Varieties of the Dog.--Third Division
V. The Good Qualities of the Dog; the Sense of Smell; Intelligence;
Moral Qualities; Dog-carts; Cropping; Tailing; Breaking-in; Dog-pits;
Dog-stealing
VI. Description of the Skeleton. Diseases of the Nervous System: Fits;
Turnside; Epilepsy; Chorea; Rheumatism and Palsy
VII. Rabies
VIII. The Eye and its Diseases
IX. The Ear and its Diseases
X. Anatomy of the Nose and Mouth; and Diseases of the Nose and
other parts of the Face. The Sense of Smell; the Tongue; the Lips; the
Teeth; the Larynx; Bronchocele; Phlegmonous Tumour
XI. Anatomy and Diseases of the Chest: the Diaphragm; the
Pericardium; the Heart; Pleurisy; Pneumonia; Spasmodic Cough

XII. Anatomy of the Gullet, Stomach, and Intestines: Tetanus; Enteritis;
Peritonitis; Colic; Calculus in the Intestines; Intussusception; Diarrhoea;
Dysentery; Costiveness; Dropsy; the Liver; Jaundice; the Spleen and
Pancreas; Inflammation of the Kidney; Calculus; Inflammation of the
Bladder; Rupture of the Bladder; Worms; Fistula in the Anus
XIII. Bleeding; Torsion; Castration; Parturition; and some Diseases
Connected with the Organs of Generation
XIV. The Distemper
XV. Small-pox; Mange; Warts; Cancer; Fungus Hæmotodes; Sore Feet
XVI. Fractures
XVII. Medicines used in the Treatment of the Diseases of the Dog
Appendix. New Laws of Coursing
Index.

* * * * *

THE DOG.
CHAPTER I.
THE EARLY HISTORY AND ZOOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
OF THE DOG.
The Dog, next to the human being, ranks highest in the scale of
intelligence, and was evidently designed to be the companion and the
friend of man. We exact the services of other animals, and, the task
being performed, we dismiss them to their accustomed food and rest;
but several of the varieties of the dog follow us to our home; they are
connected with many of our pleasures and wants, and guard our

sleeping hours.
The first animal of the domestication of which we have any account,
was the sheep. "Abel was a keeper of sheep." [1] It is difficult to
believe that any long time would pass before the dog--who now, in
every country of the world, is the companion of the shepherd, and the
director or guardian of the sheep--would be enlisted in the service of
man.
From the earliest known history he was the protector of the habitation
of the human being. At the feet of the 'lares', those household deities
who were supposed to protect the abodes of men, the figure of a
barking dog was often placed. In every age, and almost in every part of
the globe, he has played a principal part in the labours, the dangers, and
the pleasures of the chase.
In process of time, man began to surround himself with many servants
from among the lower animals, but among them all he had only one
friend--the dog; one animal only whose service was voluntary, and who
was susceptible of disinterested affection and gratitude. In every
country, and in every time, there has existed between man and the dog
a connection different from that which is observed between him and
any other animal. The ox and the sheep submit to our control, but their
affections are principally, if not solely, confined to themselves. They
submit to us, but they can rarely be said to love, or even to recognise us,
except as connected with the supply of their wants.
The horse will share some of our pleasures. He enjoys the chase as
much as does his rider; and, when contending for victory on the course,
he feels the full influence of emulation. Remembering the pleasure he
has experienced with his master, or the daily supply of food from the
hand of the groom, he often exhibits evident tokens of recognition; but
that is founded on a selfish principle--he neighs that he may be fed, and
his affections are easily transferred.
The dog is the only animal that is capable of disinterested affection. He
is the only one that regards the human being as his companion, and
follows him as his friend; the only one that seems to possess a natural

desire to be useful to him, or from a spontaneous impulse attaches
himself to man. We take the bridle from the mouth of the horse, and
turn him free into the pasture, and he testifies his joy in his partially
recovered liberty. We exact from the dog the service that is required of
him, and he still follows us. He solicits to be continued as our
companion and our friend. Many an expressive action tells us how
much he is pleased and thankful. He shares in our