CHAPTER 11 . FEEDING A ND FOODS Special Feeding of Sick Cats . CHAPTER 11 1. THEV ARIETIES-POINTS-SHORT HAIRED CATS Introduction-Tortoise-shell-Black--Red or Sandy - White-Cream-Black and White-Blue-The Tabby Red, Brown, Spotted, Silver-Dutch Marked . . . . . . CHAPTER IV . THE SIAMES - E ABYSSINIA - N MANX . . e . General Characteristics of the Persians--WJhite Angora-Smoke Persian-Blue Persian- Black Persian-Chinchilla--Tortoise-shell - Tortoiseshell and White-Cream Persian-Orange Persian-Tabbies Brown, Red, Silver . a . PAGE vii CONTENTS PAC CHAPTER V I . BREEDING AN D REARING Period of Gestation-Rearing Kittens-Selection . 5 I CHAPTERV II. AILMENTS A FFECTING THE AIR PASSAGES Catarrh - Laryngitis - Distemper - Pleurisy and Pneumonia - Bronchitis - Tuberculosis-Diphtheria . 57 CHAPTER V III. DISEASES A ND DISORDER O S F THE DIGESTIV O E R G. NS Vomi ting-Diseases of the Teeth-Obstruction in the Throat--Indigestion--Inflammation of the Stomach-Inflammation of the Bowels-Con-. gestion of Liver-Tuberculosis of the Rolvels - Poisoning-Diarrhaea and Dysentery-Constipation-Worms . . 66 CHAPTER IX . SOME I SE EASES OF THE NERVOUS Convulsions - Paralysis - Megrims Vertigo, or . Mgnihres Disease . 76 Erythema or Inflamed Skin-Burns-Scalds-Mange-Eczema Acute and Chronic--Ringworm-Herpes and Skin Abrasions . - 79 CHAPTER X I. DISEASE A S N D INJURIES OF THE EAR Serous Abscess - Internal Canker of the Ear--Eczema of the Ear-Morbid Growths in the Auditory Passage - Accumulation of Wax--Torn Ears-Mange of the Ear . 87 CONTENTS xi PAGE CHAPTER X II. DISEASE O S F THE EYE Ophthalmia--Opacity of the Cornea-Cataract--Glaucoma-Torn Eyelids-Eversion and Inversion of the Eyelids-Eczema round the margin. of the Eyelids . 93 XIII. Wounds--Fractures - Sprains-Bruises-Abscesses - Morbid Growths-Dislocations-Ruptures-Spaying-Castration . 98 LIST ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE LADY D ECIES C HINCHILLZAA IDA-A CHAMPION OF CHAMPION n S o w dead . . Frontisjiece . . . Xlll --This text refers to the Paperback edition.