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servant for not having mentioned this before; and, talking of 

 various things to fill up time, he carefully watched the dog. 

 ' I saw, or thought I saw/ the narrative goes on to state, c but 

 in a very slight degree, that the animal was tracing the fan- 

 cied path of some imaginary object. I was then truly alarmed, 

 and more especially since 1 had discovered that in the giv- 

 ing of the physic in the morning the man's hand had been 

 scratched. A youth had suffered the dog to lick his sore 

 finger; and the animal had also been observed to lick the 

 abraded arm of an infant. He was a very affectionate dog, 

 and was accustomed to this abominable and inexcusable non- 

 sense.' 



The veterinary surgeon had seen enough to awaken the 

 gravest apprehensions for the safety of these two persons. 

 That the dog was actually rabid, he did not much doubt. 

 Detaining the animal, Mr. Youatt tied him up, and sent a 

 note to a surgeon by the man who had brought the dog, 

 communicating his fears, and suggesting instant cauterisa- 

 tion; which accordingly was freely practised. Meantime 

 the surgeon and the veterinary surgeon kept their eyes on 

 the dog in quarantine. 



e I watched the dog day after day,' writes Mr. Youatt. ( He 

 would not eat, but he drank a great deal more water than I 

 liked. The surgeon was evidently beginning to doubt whether 

 or not I was wrong ; but he could not dispute the occasional 

 wandering of the eye, and the frequent spume upon the water. 

 On the 26th of October, however the sixth day after his 

 arrival we both of us heard the rabid howl burst from him. 

 He did not, however, die until the 30th.' 



In this case, no ill results followed to either the man 

 whom the dog had bitten, or the boy whom he had licked. 

 Whether this immunity be due to the precautions taken, or 

 to some natural non-susceptibility, is of course non-apparent ; 

 and from the very nature of the case could not be made ap- 

 parent. As we have already seen, Hufeland determined by 



