250 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 



The last case recovered spontaneously. The duration of 

 the remaining eight cases could not be satisfactorily de- 

 termined. 



in the sixty-eight dogs that were rabid at the school in 

 1865, the duration of the disease was : 



Two days . . . .1 instance. 



Three 



Four 



Five 



Six 



Seven 



Eight 



Nine 



In 1868, in seventeen cases at the same school, it was 



Two days 

 Four . 

 Five . 

 Six 

 Seven . 



Symptoms. — Rabies ass ume two forms : the furious and 

 the tranquil or dumb. 



I shall commence first with furious rabies. 



The earliest symptoms usually observed are a change in 

 the dog's natural manner and habits : he becomes all at 

 once sullen, or, as it were, melancholy; retires into obscure 

 corners and dark places ; when called, instead of obeying 

 with his usual alacrity, he languidly and apparently with 

 unwillingness approaches, and as suddenly slinks off again. 

 Companionship renders him uneasy ; in fact, throughout 



