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 Some rabid dogs have great affection of the mouth 

 and throat ; in some the moutli appears swollen and 

 incapable of being shut ; the tongue is always in 

 these cases black, particularly towards the point of 

 it. Sometimes it is quite dry and parched ; at others 

 it is very moist, and there is a quantity of slaver con- 

 tinually flowing from the jaws. In these cases there 

 is also, in general, an affection of the throat, accompa- 

 nied with a very peculiar deep choaking kind of 

 noise issuing from the bottom of the throat appa- 

 rentlv. There is also a considerable diflicultv expe- 

 rienced in swallowing, but no convulsive affection or 

 dread, as in hydrophobia. In some instances this 

 affection of the throat exists witiiout the mouth being 

 affected, or the lower jaw dropping and becoming pa- 

 ralysed : but when the mouth is affected in this man- 

 ner, the sufferings of the poor animal are extreme, for 

 his thirst induces him to be continually lapping ; but, 

 as the paralysis of the lower jaw prevents his retain- 

 ing the liquid in his mouth, so it falls out as fast as 

 taken in. There is seldom much mischievous ten- 

 dency in the animal when these affections of the 

 mouth and throat are the principal symptoms ; but 

 it is not from the inability to bite, as is supposed, but 

 because there is in general a total absence of the dis« 

 position to do mischief in this peculiar kind of the 

 disease : on the contrary, I have seen many instances 

 when the mildness of character has been most distress- 

 ing to witness. The earnest imploring look for 

 relief, the strong attachment manifested to those 

 around, while the parched tongue licks the hands and 

 feet of those w ho notice it with more than usual gra- 

 titude, and tiiis continues to the last moment of life 



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