482 H. C. Hovey—Rabies Mephitica. 
smoothly and permanently, and in several instances not even a 
scar was visible. In no case was there recrudescence of the 
attending physicians themselves supposed the ailment to be 
simple and trivial, until the sudden and fearful convulsions 
came on to baffle all their skill. 
2. Characteristic pustules form, in hydrophobia, beneath the 
tongue and near the orifices of the sub-maxillary glands. (See 
mephity 
clonic, i. e., marked by i alternate contraction and relaxa- 
tion of the muscles; small but wiry radial pulse and rapid car- 
otids; positive loss of perception and volition throughout, 
