. THE HOG. 



bis mouth a portion of thick slaver and froth. Upon being again 

 placed in the sty he was much convulsed, and made a shrill squeak- 

 ing noise ; his mouth was filled with saliva, and held continually open, 

 nearly half an inch, except when champing his under jaw, which he 

 frequently did with considerable twitching of the superficial muscles. 

 He refused to eat or drink, gradually got worse, and died on the 

 third day. 



" Three weeks after, another of the pigs was taken ill. The symp- 

 toms were much the same. The effect of water was tried, and upon 

 being thrown upon him caused him considerable distress, so that he 

 leaped into the air and dashed his head against the wall, appearing 

 quite delirious. He died on the second day. Not long afterwards 

 another pig was attacked, the symptoms being similar to those in 

 the " former cases, only more violent ; he died twenty-four hours 

 afterwards, nothing having been done to disturb him. None of the 

 pigs ate or drank any thing after they were first taken ill." 



And the case we are now about to quote was communicated by 

 Mr. Heaton, a human surgeon : 



"About May, 1829, while visiting a patient, I was told that in a 

 sty at the bottom of the yard there was a mad pig. Thither I 

 repaired, when I was informed by its owner that the animal had 

 been bitten about three weeks before by a strange dog, which had 

 passed through the yard, and who was at the time, by those who 

 saw it, declared to be mad ; the dog appeared to be greatly alarmed 

 and proceeded with swiftness ; it was afterwards seen for the last 

 time in some fields at the outskirts of the town. From the state- 

 ment of the man it would appear that, on the morning of the day 

 previous to that on which I saw the pig, the animal began to exhibit 

 symptoms of great oppression at the prsecordia ; to this succeeded 

 gradual inability to stand, fearful cries, and general uneasiness 

 when disturbed, foaming at the mouth, and a disposition to eat what- 

 ever came in the way, &c. At six o'clock in the afternoon of the 

 second day I first saw it, covered with straw and apparently quiet, 

 until the rattling of the sneck of its door seemed to awaken the 

 most painful apprehension, and its mental agony seemed almost 

 insufferable. The sense of sight seemed no less acute than that of 

 hearing, which was manifested by the animal's convulsive efforts to 

 hide even its head beneath the straw ; this accomplished, it became 

 somewhat tranquil, and was constantly devouring its own litter, ex- 

 crement, &c., &c. Its eyes had the suspicious glance of those of a 

 phrenetic patient, its breathing was preternatural ly quick, and its 

 efforts to stand wholly abortive. In this state it continued two 

 hours, whnn half a pint of train oil was attempted to be poured into 

 its mouth, the greater part being wasted, and the animal instantly 

 expired. I regret that the approaching night, and the man's desire 

 to bury the carcass, restricted the post-mortem examination, which 



