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very rare that a clog, even when these hallucinations have 

 begun to affect him, will be altogether bereft of reason and 

 memory. To the voice of a friend he will usually respond ; 

 and gratefully too, as though glad to be roused out of some 

 disturbing dream. He is now apt to manifest his gratitude, 

 after a common manner of dogs, by caresses with his tongue. 

 Let all who dread a death more horrible than disease or acci- 

 dent can match, or torturer devise, beware of the tongue of 

 such a dog ! If there be an abrasion on the skin, inoculation 

 will no less surely follow than if the dog had bitten in rage 

 instead of fondled affectionately. Many examples have oc- 

 curred of death from hydrophobia caused by inoculation of 

 this sort. \ 



A dog is mostly silent until this dreamy contemplative 

 stage of the disease is pretty far advanced ; then, on being 

 aroused from his reverie, he breaks forth into a prolonged 

 agonising howl, which must be heard to be appreciated, but 

 once heard will never be forgotten. It is the unfailing cha- 

 racteristic of hydrophobia. 



On the 21st of October 1813, Mr. Youatt records that a 

 dog was brought to him for examination, having vomited a 

 considerable quantity of coagulated blood. Mr. Youatt, hap- 

 penkig to be busy at the moment, and not observing anything 

 peculiar in the countenance or manner of the dog, ordered 

 some medicine, and promised to see the dog again in the 

 afternoon. In the afternoon, accordingly, the dog was again 

 brought ; and then for the first time was it observed that the 

 creature's mouth seemed to be swollen. On examination, 

 some of the incisor teeth, both upper and lower, were found 

 to be extracted. 



* This somewhat alarmed me,' records Mr. Youatt, c and, 

 on inquiry of the servant, I was told that he expected they 

 had had thieves about the house on the preceding night ; for 

 the dog had torn away the sides of his kennel in attempting 

 to get at them.' Thereupon Mr. Youatt reprimanded the 



