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may (we are told) be prefumed to be really mad. 
Doubtlefs; but may he not prove highly dangerous 
before he arrive at this laft {tage of the difeafe? Cer- 
tainly, as will clearly appear in the fequel. 
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Mr. Mernezz’s Obfervations on the diftinguifbing 
Signs of Madne/s in Dogs. 
Mr. Mreyne Lt, a celebrated fox-hunter in Lei- 
cefterfhire, having paid particular attention to this 
diftemper among his dogs, communicated to a phyfi- 
cian the following remarks, in anfwer to fome quef- 
tions propofed to him on that fubject. In order to 
prevent any miftake in a matter of fuch importance, 
I fhall here prefent the reader with the refult of his 
obfervations, copied verbatim, in his own words: 
‘© The firft fymptom’ of canine madnefs in dogs 
is, I believe, a failure of appetite in a fmall degree. 
I mean, that the dog does not eat his ufual food with 
his ufual eagernefs; though, if better food be of- 
fered him, he may eat it greedily. A difpofition to 
quarrel with other dogs comes on early in the dif- 
eafe. <A total lofs. of appetite generally fucceeds; 
though I have feen dogs eat, and Jap water, the day 
before their death, which generally happens between 
feven and ten days after the firft fymptom has ap- 
peared. A mad-dog will not, I believe, cry out on’ 
being ftruck, ror fhew any fign of fear on being 
threatened; though he will, very late in the difeafe, 
appear fenfible of kind treatment. 
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