RABIES. ary 
There is decidedly less excitation of the brain; the violent paroxysms, the illu- 
sions, the constant motion, the disposition to bite, and the propensity to stray, 
are all absent, or present only in a slight degree, and the animal is quiet, silent, 
and dejected. 
Paralysis of the muscles of the lower jaw is a characteristic symptom of this 
form of the malady, and manifests itself early in the attack. The jaw drops and 
the mouth remains constantly open. In rare cases a partial control of the mus- 
cles is retained for a time, sufficient to lift the jaw, and possibly allow the animal 
to bite if sufficiently irritated. Rarely more than a few hours, possibly three 
or four, elapse after the disease manifests itself before this paralysis appears. 
There is great difficulty in swallowing, and the poor dog will plunge his muzzle 
into water up to the very eyes, in order that he may get one drop into the back 
part of his mouth, to cool his parched throat. In this form of rabies the flow of 
mucus and saliva is abundant, the same dripping from the open mouth. The 
voice, changed and of a hoarse tone, is seldom heard, and that peculiar com- 
bination of bark and howl, characteristic of the violent form of the disease, is 
entirely absent. 
Death in the dumb form results more quickly than in the other, life being 
but rarely prolonged more than two or three days. The appearance of the eyes 
and the generally haggard and depressed look, — marking the derangement of 
the brain,—the loss of appetite, the rapid emaciation and paralysis, are 
symptoms resembling those of the violent attack. 
Passing in review, the characteristic symptoms of the violent form of rabies 
are: The marked uneasiness, the delirium and very great excitement occurring 
in paroxysmal attacks, the tendency to bite, the efforts to break away, the 
peculiarly changed voice, the perverted appetite, the rapid emaciation, ex- 
haustion, and invariably fatal termination. 
In the sullen or dumb form the violent stage is omitted or hardly recogniz- 
able; it runs an extremely rapid course; the animals are quiet and depressed; 
they have but little disposition to bite or run away; early in the disease they 
are paralyzed in the lower jaw, have changed voice, rarely heard, progressive 
emaciation and exhaustion, and seldom live beyond the third day. 
Preventive treatment must always afford immense satisfaction, even if there 
is not the slightest occasion for applying it; and certainly no harm could result 
were every dog-bite cauterized, whether or not suspicious symptoms were ex- 
hibited. 
Immediately after the bite of an animal presumably rabid, the whole wound 
should be sucked, and as soon as possible thoroughly cauterized. If there are 
no abrasions on the lips or tongue, there can be no danger whatever, from the 
virus, of harm to the one who applies the suction. During the time the lips are 
employed, the mouth ought to be frequently rinsed with warm water, and the 
teeth used freely in gnawing, as it were, the edges, to keep the wounded vessels 
