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the bite of rabid dogs, and Hiibner relates a case of inoculation from 

 the bite of a rabid fox. The symptoms of rabies in the hog are 

 peculiarly interesting at times from the resemblance many of them 

 bear to those of the human being. At first there is dullness and 

 indisposition, and the pig is continually licking the bitten part. Sub- 

 sequently some are exceedingly ferocious, snapping at every body, 

 gnawing every thing which comes in their way, dashing themselves 

 against walls, or leaping over all obstacles. Others, again, are dull, 

 stupid, refuse their food, stagger when they attempt to rise, and are 

 paralyzed in the hinder parts. There is no absolute dread of water, 

 but evident inability to drink. An animal that we saw went to the 

 trough, smelt at the food, and brought his nose nearly in contact 

 with it, then started back, trembled violently, and elevated his snout 

 high in the air. Once or twice he attempted to take portions of 

 meat or vegetable from the wash, but the attempt was always 

 accompanied or followed by universal rigor and shuddering, during 

 which the food was dropped from the mouth, evidently proving that 

 the organs of deglutition were powerfully affected. 



The animal is in a highly nervous state, and the sensibility of the 

 skin is so excessive, that even if his mother licks him he screams 

 with agony, and buries himself in the litter, uttering shrill squeaks 

 on the approach of any one, or springs up into the air if he hears a 

 loud noise, and falls down again in convulsions. There is in general 

 no great secretion of saliva in these animals, and the delirium which 

 characterizes rabies in the dog is rarely seen, or when met with is 

 less evident and distinctive. 



And yet this disease has been but little studied in pigs. Mr. Prit- 

 chard, V. S., of Wolverhampton, gives the following interesting 

 account of some cases he met with : 



"A rabid dog entered the farm-yard of Mr. George Strongitharm 

 of Calderfield, near Walsall, on the 27th of December, 1835, and 

 attacked some pigs, which making a considerable noise, aroused Mr. 

 S. and his servants from their beds, and they proceeded with their 

 guns already loaded, discovered him, and succeeded in destroying 

 him. Two of the pigs had evidently received wounds in their noses 

 from the dog, which soon got well, no curative or preventive measures 

 being had recourse to, and without much irritation or swelling taking 

 place. After a fortnight had elapsed, nothing outward being observ- 

 able in them, they were again turned into the yard to their old com- 

 panions. 



"A day or two after, on the entrails of a sheep being thrown to 

 the pigs, all came and partook of it except the two that had been 

 bitten. One of these was found dead in the litter, with a quantity 

 of froth and slaver about his mouth ; the other, in coining out of 

 his bed into the air, immediately jumped up on all four legs like the 

 bound of a deer, a yard at least from the ground, and threw from 



