200 ON ANIMAL AND 



second stage, he dies in convulsions. The dead 

 body putrifies in the most rapid manner, and dif- 

 fuses a most infectious odour. It ought not to 

 be left exposed above ground, lest it should be 

 eaten by other animals, which might in conse- 

 quence become mad also. The hole into which 

 the body is put, should be very deep, and every 

 part of the place should be well washed with 

 lime water ; and all the vessels, from which he 

 took his food, should be destroyed. The person, 

 who touches his body, should be well washed 

 with vinegar." 



Since our work has been sent to the press, we 

 have had an opportunity of perusing the very 

 excellent treatise on Canine Pathology of our 

 friend, Mr. Blaine, and of conversing with him 

 frequently on rabies. By that gentleman we 

 have been informed, that in all the instances of the 

 disease which have come under his observation, 

 (and these have been upon the most comprehen- 

 sive scale,) he has uniformly traced the cause of 

 the malady to the contagious bite of another rabid 

 animal, and not to a spontaneous origin. That 

 consequently its appearance has not depended 

 upon season, the abstraction of water, improper 

 diet, confinement, or any other of the usually 

 attributed causes ; but that particular states of 

 the weather, and other sources of constitutional 

 excitement, seemed considerably to hasten its 



