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found, they invariably consist of a dark-colored liquor, not 

 unlike coffee grounds. 



" The mtestinal tube is often found with strong marks of dis- 

 ease also ; but the frequency of these is not equal to the sto- 

 machic affection. 



" The bodies of those dogs who die of this disease soon be- 

 come putrid ; but there is no peculiarity of smell attending 

 them : neither are they so offensive as I have often witnessed 

 them in other cases of inflamed bowels, particularly of that kind 

 produced by mineral poisons. I have frequently offered to a 

 healthy dog various parts of the body of rabid dogs, but I could 

 never distinguish any marks of dread or disgust; I am, there- 

 fore, convinced that, living or dead, there is nothing in the smell 

 that characterises rabies from one to the other, as has been so 

 often alleged, among the other vulgar errors held forth." 

 After this iMr. Blaine proceeds to that of — 



" THE MEDICAL TREATMENT OP RABIES. 



*' The curative treatment of rabies in the dog has hitherto 

 proved invariably unavailing, neither has it been found other- 

 wise in any other animal : while the few successful cases on re- 

 cord of a favorable result from any means tried on the human 

 hydrophobia, have a veil of obscurity thrown over them that 

 damps our confidence, and leaves us to hope only that time may 

 yet afford us a remedy for this dreadful scourge. The extent 

 to which this inquiry has already been carried, will prevent a 

 circumstantial detail of the various medicinal a^jents which have 

 been tried as curative of rabies." 



These, which Mr. Blaine cursorily names, pointing out com- 

 pletely in what regards they have failed, beginning with cold 

 and sea-bathing, drugs, inoculation, &c., I shall skip entirely, and 

 proceed at once to the directly preventive treatment. 



The only internal remedy, of which it is worth while to make 

 any ment;on, is a draught of which Mr. Blaine gives the follow- 



