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as if it was that of a stranger. On the other hand, the shy dog 

 becomes bold ; in almost every instance there is a total change of 

 manner for several days before the absolute outbreak of the attack, 

 which is indicated by a kind of delirious watching of imaginary 

 objects, the dog snapping at the wall, or if anything comes in his 

 way, tearing it to pieces with savage fury. With this there is 

 constant watchfulness, and sometimes a peculiarly hollow howL 

 At other times no sound whatever is given, the case being then 

 described as " dumb madness." Fever is always present, but it is 

 difficult to ascertain to what extent on account of the danger of 

 approaching the patient. Urgent thirst accompanies the fever. 

 Mr. Grantley Berkeley strongly maintains that no dog really at- 

 tacked with rabies will touch water, and that the presence of 

 thirst is a clear sign of the absence of this disease. This theory is 

 so entirely in opposition to the careful accounts given by all those 

 who have witnessed the disease, when it had unquestionably been 

 communicated either to man or to some of the lower animals, that 

 no credence need be given it. Mr. Youatt witnessed more cases 

 of rabies than perhaps any equally good observer, and he strongly 

 insists upon the presence of thirst, as may be gathered from the 

 concluding portion of the following extract: 



" Some very important conclusions may be drawn from the ap- 

 pearance and character of the urine. The dog, at particular times 

 when he is more than usually salacious, may, and does diligently 

 search the urining places ; he may even at those periods be seen to 

 lick the spot which another animal has just wetted. If a peculiar 

 eagerness accompanies this strange employment, if in the parlor, 

 which is rarely disgraced by this evacuation, every comer is perse- 

 vcringly examined, and licked with unwearied and unceasing indus- 

 try, the dog cannot be too carefully watched ; there is great dan- 

 ger about him ; he may, without any other symptom, be pronoun- 

 ced to be decidedly rabid. I never knew a single mistake about 

 this. Much has been said of the profuse discharge of saliva from 

 the month of the rabid dog. It is an undoubted fact that, in this 

 disease, all the glands concerned in the secretion of saliva become 

 increased in bulk and vascularity. The sublingual glands wear 



