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nevertlieless, an inlmman way, to doom to death all 

 dear affectionate and valuable hounds or dogs, 

 shnply because they happen for the time to he 

 " insane, ^^ and there is a dread of meddling Avith 

 them ; but when men assume a duty, and qualify 

 themselves to do it under the sanction of a College, 

 it ill beseems them to shrink from any possible 

 investigation, or to save themselves trouble to 

 endeavour to impress on all other men that relief 

 to the poor suffering hounds or dogs is im^DOSsible, 

 and ought not, under any circumstances, to be 

 attempted. 



The fact, then, is perfectly established, — it is a 

 fact that I have known and studied all my life, — 

 that though there are two utterly distinct madnesses 

 at times affecting the dog, common custom has 

 coupled them both under one name, that of ^^ the 

 mad dog." 



Several circumstances attending each insanity 

 have induced this mischievous monomania in man. 

 Thus, in the first place, the dog under the effects 

 of distemper is certainly ^^mad.'' 



The dog under distemper bites at everything 

 that comes near him, recognizes not his master, 

 and at times not always foams at the mouth; 



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