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In which some one or more of the symp- 

 toms said to be present in rabies are often 

 seen that I beheve it Is impossible for any 

 one, even were rabies present, to distin- 

 guish by the symptoms this disease from 

 other diseases. 



Nearly forty years ago I was the proud 

 owner of a young pointer bitch that I 

 thought was very near perfection, and I 

 loved her with my whole heart. One day, 

 while at the village store, we were startled 

 by the cry of '*mad dog." As we went to 

 the door, my little brother came running up, 

 and with many tears and sobs told me that 

 Gipsy had run mad and been chased under 

 a barn that was some quarter of a mile 

 from the house. I was soon on the spot. 

 I found an excited crowd watching one of 

 their number, who was on his hands and 

 knees, trying to see the dog in order that 

 he might shoot her. Pulling him away 

 from the aperture, I crawled in, and could 

 see by the light from her eyes that she had 



