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general paralysis, do you think ? The dog had had dis- 

 temper." Here was a case of rabies in the most pro- 

 nounced form, which an expert would recognise without 

 any difficulty. Professor Brown says, " The history of the 

 case proves beyond all doubt that an experienced sports- 

 man may not only observe the symptoms, but realise their 

 character so well as to be able to describe them with as 

 much accuracy of detail as w r ould be expected of a practised 

 canine pathologist, without at any moment entertaining the 

 least suspicion that he was dealing with a rabid dog. The 

 mischief which the animal may have done would be in 

 some measure compensated if every sportsman and ow r ner 

 of dogs in the kingdom could commit " R. J.'s" letter to 

 memory, or, at least, hang a copy of it in some conspicuous 

 place for the benefit of himself and his friends." Such 

 being the opinion of one of our most eminent veterinary 

 surgeons, I thought I could not do better than act on his 

 suggestion and republish the note and his comments in the 

 most conspicuous place over which I had control. 



This volume is not intended to deal fully with the diseases 

 and ailments of dogs, and readers who wish to know more 

 about them may with advantage study " Stonehenge on 

 the Dog in Health and Disease," and Professor Woodroffe 

 Hill's " Diseases of the Dog." If lower-priced volumes 

 than these be required, I can recommend the shilling 

 work, " The Diseases of Dogs," published by L. U. Gill, 

 171, Strand, London. Then excellent remedies for the 

 various disorders are nowadays made up in handy forms 

 by several firms, and those of Spratt's Patent, already 

 mentioned, I have found to be especially useful and suc- 

 cessful. Their dog medicine chest, or portable surgery, 

 is the handiest and cheapest thing of the kind which can 



