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The first was produced by a very trifling blow on the neck. The 

 animal was still standing stiflly, with the back arched and the front 

 limbs extended, when a second attack was determined by the noise of a 

 metal box falling on the floor. A few minutes later, when it was 

 about to lie down, still whimpering, a third attack followed without any 

 appreciable external cause. During the night others occurred, but less 

 frequently than at first. 



In spite of these frequent crises the animal remained well nourished. 

 During the intervals, and sometimes during several days together, it 

 was bright and cheerful, ate well, and, as stated above, appeared 

 desirous of coitus. Its intelligence was in no way impaired. The 

 temperature was normal ; the sensibility of the skin was not lessened 



Fig. 73. — Attitude dviring an attack. 



at any point ; the reflexes were preserved ; there was no ocular dis- 

 turbance or apparent disease of the ears. 



This condition continued without notable change until the 25th 

 March, when recovery occurred. On the 28th March a small bitch in 

 heat was brought into the laboratory. " Marquis," who had to be 

 fastened up to prevent his troubling her, made a scene at the door of 

 the room where she was. For hours he ran to and fro in the rooms 

 through which she had passed, searching for her, jumping on tables, 

 and looking through windows. In spite of this prolonged excitement 

 no fit occurred. 



After being castrated in March, 1894, this dog became eczematous 

 and fat. He continued at liberty in the surgical hospital until May, 

 1897. Having been taken out one Sunday by the attendant in my 

 hospital, whom he was in the habit of accompanying, he took advan- 

 tage of a crowd to escape, and was never again found. 



