138 Ntirsiiig vs. Dosing. 



creature had bitten at the chain and sur- 

 rouncHnof woodwork until his mouth was 

 terribly lacerated, and he was a most grew- 

 some sitrht. After watchini^ him a short 

 time, I saw by the deeply sunken eyes and 

 the partial paralysis of the hinder parts 

 that the end was near, and at once told my 

 companion that the case w^as clearly one of 

 severe inflammation of the bowels, or peri- 

 toneum, and that death would very soon 

 take place ; but he refused to believe any- 

 thinor of the kind, and assured me that the 

 disease would develop in a day or two so 

 unmistakably that even I would be con- 

 vinced. That evening I learned of the 

 death of the dog, and that my friend had 

 made an examination of the body. The 

 next day he came to me and honestly con- 

 fessed that he had never seen a case of 

 rabies, and that he more than half believed 

 that no such disease existed. 



I could repeat many similar Instances, 

 but have perhaps said enough to at least 



