364! DISEASES OF DOGS: MADNESS. 



CHAP. XXII. 



ON MADNESS. 



Of all the maladies to which dogs are subject, 

 none is more terrible in its nature than madness ; 

 but fortunately this disease is of -very rare occur- 

 rence. The symptoms which attend madness vary 

 very much in different dogs, and greatly depend 

 upon the part or parts of the body, which are 

 more particularly affected ; and also on the age of 

 the dog, the kind, and other contingent circum- 

 stances. No precise time can be stated when this 

 disease may make its appearance, after the poison 

 has been received ; but generally some visible alter- 

 ation is observable in the animal, about three weeks 

 after the bite, though in some few instances it 

 is considerably longer than this, while in others 

 its effects are observed in the course of a week 

 after. 



I shall now mention the most general symptoms 

 which accompany madness. A dog, in the com- 

 mencement of this disease, is observed to be much 

 less sportive and playsome than usual ; and though 

 he knows his master, and generally obeys his call, 

 he nevertheless does not fawn on him as he is 



