Votive offering, painted on wood, perhaps southern Germany, or northern Italy, 1839. Ex-voto â eyes, silver, 5 x 12 cm, 1836, Josip (Joseph) Haller (probably a Croat), Diocesan Museum, Zagreb, foto: Dr. Daniiel Herceg, 1998. Votives in gold and silver bought to buy grace in heaven.
Degenerative Myelopathy (DM) is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease characterized by a general lack of coordination of muscle movements in the pelvic limbs. Dogs affected slowly lose control and function of their hind limbs. DM is a condition that progresses slowly and typically affects dogs 8 years of age or older.
a degenerative disease characterized by destruction of the myelin sheath that coats the nerurons of the brain and spinal cord, leaving sclerotic patches in its place.