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In this condition, however, it is not aggressive so far as 

 mankind is concerned, but is as docile and obedient to its master 

 as before. It may even appear to be more affectionate towards 

 those it knows, and this it manifests by the greater desire to 

 lick their hands and faces. 



This affection, wdiich is always so marked and so enduring 

 in the dog, dominates it so strongly in rabies that it will not 

 injure those it loves, not even in a paroxysm of madness ; and 

 even when its ferocious instincts are beginning to be manifested, 

 and to gain the supremacy over it, it will yet yield obedience to 

 those to whom it has been accustomed. 



The mad dog has not a dread of water, but, on the contrary, 

 will greedily swallow it. As long as it can drink it will satisfy 

 its ever-ardent thirst ; even when the spasms in its throat pre- 

 vent it swallowing, it will nevertheless plunge its face deej^ly 

 into the water and appear to gulp at it. The dog is, therefore, 

 not hydrophobic, and hydrophobia is not a sign of madness in 

 this animal. 



It does not generally refuse food in the early period of the 

 disease, but sometimes eats with more voracity than usual. 



When the desire to bite, which is one of the essential char- 

 acters of rabies at a certain stage, begins to manifest itself, the 

 animal at first attacks inert bodies — gnawing wood, leather, its 

 chain, carpets, straw, hair, coals, earth, the excrement of other 

 animals or even its own, and accumulates in the stomach the 

 remains of all the substances it has been tearing with its teeth. 



An abundance of saliva is not a constant symptom in rabies 

 in the dog. Sometimes its mouth is humid, and sometimes it 

 is dry. Before a fit of madness the secretion of saliva is normal ; 

 during this period it may be increased, but towards the end of 

 the malady it is usually decreased. 



The animal often expresses a sensation of inconvenience or 

 pain during the spasm in its throat by using its paws on the 

 side of its mouth, like a dog which has a bone lodged there. 



In "dumb madness" the lower jaw is paralysed and drops, 

 leaving the mouth open and dry, and its lining membrane 

 exhibiting a reddish-brown hue ; the tongue is frequently brown 

 or blue coloured, one or both eyes squint, and the creature is 

 ordinarily helpless and not aggressive. 



