230 BABIES. CANINE MADNESS. 



communicated, it is from the saliva of the affected 

 clog, in whicn case the disease seldom breaks out 

 before the ninth day, often later. Two principal 

 forms of this disease have been distinguished : 

 rabies proper, and dumb madness. 



SYMPTOMS of Rabies proper : First change no- 

 ticed is in the dog's gait in walking, either more 

 lively and irritable than usual, or more dull and sad ; 

 peculiar restlessness ; does not remain in one place ; 

 often quits his home and roams to a distance ; he 

 recognizes and obeys his master at the commence- 

 ment, and even through the entire disease, gener- 

 ally no appetite from the commencement; some 

 will take soup, but never solid food; they Often, 

 however, devour strange things, as wood, leather, 

 straw, or even filth ; they drink in all stages of the 

 disease as long as they can swallow; there is al- 

 ways a peculiar change of voice, niore shrill or more 

 grave, always slightly hoarse and disagreeable ; tha 

 bark is peculiar, not in distinct emisions, as in 

 health, but an emission of voice ending in a howl ; 

 the desire to bite is not constant, but comes occa- 

 sionally in fits, and varying degrees ; during the fits 

 he bites every thing, cats, other dogs, human beings, 

 even his own master, or inanimate objects, and fre- 

 quently snaps at the air. At first he is but little 

 changed in appearance ; but soon the eyes become 

 red ; they open and shut alternately ; later, they are 

 dull, as if covered with dust ; sometimes the skin 

 wrinkles on the forehead, or the head swells ; rapid 



