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lie is suffering from rabies. The non-rabid animal, however en- 

 raged, can not give rise to hydrophobia by his bite." No doubt 

 a great many persons die from mental derangement (delirium) 

 caused by fear of taking the terrible malady. The period of 

 incubation is extremely variable from a few days even up to a 

 year or more. In man, nine days was the time generally accept- 

 ed to elapse between the infliction of the bite and the first sym- 

 tonis of the disease. 



Symptoms. In giving the symptoms of canine madness, two 

 foims will be noticed: the furious or violent, and the dumb or 

 sullen. About the first thing noticed in the first form is a period 

 of dullness, showing that the brain is affected. This period of 

 dullness is followed by a period of restlessness or excitement, and 

 after a time may again be followed by a period of coma. The 

 animal has a tendency to seek confinement in out-of-the-way 

 places, where he can lie undisturbed. When disturbed, he be- 

 comes very much excited, and may become furiously enraged 

 without any apparent cause. Now the countenance becomes 

 anxious and appalling, the eyes become bloodshot, with a spark- 

 ling, bright appearance, and a tendency to distorted vision or 

 squinting. A very prominent symptom is a depraved appetite, 

 the animal eating or swallowing pieces of wood, stones, coal, 

 leather, and even pieces of iron, lead, etc. in fact, any kind of 

 filth or dirt that comes in his way is swallowed seemingly with 

 great relish. Prof. Lagarris, of the Pasteur Institute, Chicago, 

 111., gays this symptom alone is characteristic of rabies, and is 

 sufficient to justify any man giving his opinion as such, who also 

 adds that in making post mortems on animals supposed to be 

 affected with rabies the contents of the stomach always plays an 

 important part in his decision, and always, where rabies are 

 found, the stomach is partly filled with stones, gravel, pieces of 

 wood and other indigestible material. An intense thirst is early 

 acquired, and in his endeavors to quench it he will push his head 



