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— (BouLEY.) The females of the canine species do not always 

 lose their maternal affection; on the contrary, the young are 

 attended to with great affection. In the course of a day or 

 two after the first manifestation of the above symptoms, the 

 characteristic signs become more marked ; the desire to bite is 

 greatly exaggerated ; the pupils are dilated ; the conjunctiv£e 

 red and injected ; the eyes alternately widely opened with 

 fury, and then closed in a dull but fierce manner. The fore- 

 head becomes wrinkled, and the looks of the animal are 

 terrifying and repulsive ; the presence of a living object ex- 

 cites the rage of the sufferer, causing it to spring at and 

 endeavour to bite it. Any shining object will bring on a 

 paroxysm of rage and excitement, and water, if the light shines 

 upon it, will do the same ; but if placed in a dark place, or 

 where light does not shine, the dog will endeavour to drink 

 with avidity. Intermitting with the excitement are periods ot 

 great prostration, the exhausted animal lying down in the 

 quietest spot it can find, insensible to all surrounding objects. 

 All at once, however, it springs up, and becomes greatly agitated ; 

 the excitement, rage, and agitation being always much greater 

 when the animal is surrounded by noises and objects; when 

 away from these things, in a quiet place, the fits of rage are 

 not so great, indeed sometimes scarcely observed. 



The bark of the rabid dog is unnatural ; it is husky, spasmodic, 

 and more of the nature of a howl. In some cases, the nervous 

 symptoms are those characterising paralysis of the jaws, with 

 inability to close the mouth ; the lower jaw is dropped, the 

 cavity of the mouth and its contents exposed, the tongue dry, 

 and the buccal membrane of a brownish hue. This is the " dumb 

 madness," thus called because the animal is unable to bark or 

 howl. Eabid dogs have a strange tendency to eat filth ; they 

 have been known to eat portions of dead dogs, and to swallow 

 hair, coals, earth, excreta of all kinds, and these remaining 

 in the stomach present a characteristic post mortem appearance. 

 A mad dog, when loose, will travel an immense distance in a short 

 time, generally rushing at everything that comes in its way, 

 but preferring to attack other creatures than man, and finally 

 endeavouring to return home, as if prompted by some instinct. 

 The pulse is said not to be accelerated, nor are the respira- 

 tory movements much increased, except during the paroxysms ; 

 the bowels are constipated, and the urine is high-coloured ; the 



