110 ON RABIES CANINA, OR DOG MADNESS. 



course of a short time this suspected puppy was 

 observed to have a most extraordinary propensity for 

 fondhng upon and biting at, in a playful manner, not 

 only the other hounds, but also his master and the 

 feeder; he was immediately condemned, and being 

 placed in confinement by himself, died in a few days 

 raving mad ; the whole pack were shortly afterwards 

 destroyed, some in a most confirmed state of rabies, and 

 the restwere put away to prevent the possibility of their 

 propagating the malady. I will conclude by declaring 

 that I have never known a dog to be really hydropho- 

 bous, where the disease had not been proved io have been 

 introduced by inoculation from a bite alone ; nor do I 

 believe that any other person can adduce one single 

 instance to the contrary. Dogs may be known to 

 suffer under extreme feverish excitement, approaching 

 to madness, from constipation, the effects of distemper, 

 or from other causes ; they may also be afflicted with 

 bronchitis, or with a violent inflammation of the fauces, 

 the symptoms of which I know by mine own experience 

 greatly to resemble rabies ; but to one who is well 

 acquainted with both diseases, they are as different as 

 light from darkness. 



