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into the biting phase of it, and, under the 

 erroneously applied name, lie is seen to swim 

 througli a river to escape his pursuers : hence 

 the delusion that the ^^'mad dog," alias the 

 ^'hydrophobic dog," has not the dread or hatred 

 of the element from which his malady takes 

 its name. 



Having described the difference between the hound 

 insane from the effects of common distemper, from 

 which he may recover, and the hound irrecover- 

 ably and fatally mad from hydrophobia, I again 

 suggest to my brother sportsmen, and to all masters 

 of hounds, that precautionary measure for tlie pre- 

 vention of distemper which I have described a few 

 pages back— I mean vaccination^ as practised by 

 Dr. Jenner on liis own dogs with the most complete 

 success, and by him communicated to his brother 

 physician, Sir Matthew Tierney. My own suc- 

 cessful experience among my own dogs has fully 

 confirmed the opinion of these eminent men ; but 

 I must again reiterate that care in performing the 

 operation, and constant personal suj)ervision, are 

 indispensable elements of success. 



When I commenced this practice with my own 

 hounds, several circumstances prevented my giving 



