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whole of a mare's body affected with locked jaw, 

 except the nostrils, was immersed in snow for some 

 time, without producing any relaxation of the mus- 

 cles : on the contrary, the symptoms afterwards 

 gradually increased, and she died on the third day. 

 In four cases that terminated fatally, the jaws were 

 so completely closed, that neither food nor medi- 

 cine could be given by the mouth. On examining 

 these horses after death, there was some degree of 

 inflammation in the lungs, stomach, and bowels. It 

 was generally found on opening the spinal canal, 

 that the membrane covering the marrow exhibited 

 a very inflamed appearance, and the marrow itself 

 was tinged of a still darker colour, whilst the mem- 

 branes of the brain exhibited some marks of in- 

 flammation, 



HYDROPHOBIA. 



No notice whatever would have been taken of 

 this dreadful malady, but for some additions to the 

 stock of information already before the public as to 

 the means of discriminating the true from the false 

 rabies, with which we are furnished from authentic 

 sources. A disease confessedly incurable requires 

 no more to be said of it ; but this having been, at 

 one time or other, the case with several other sub- 

 jects treated of in this volume, we cannot, consist- 

 ently, pass it by in silence. Even the names of 

 authors who have written on canine madness would 

 be serviceable to such of our readers as may be 



