half-fetid

Updated: August 26, 2026

This will particularly be the case if the mouth and lips swell, and ulcers begin to appear on them, and the gums ulcerate, and a sanious and highly offensive discharge proceeds from the mouth. A singular, half-fetid smell arising from the dog, is the almost invariable precursor of death. When the disease first visited the continent, it was regarded as a humoral disease.

William Youatt - The Dog