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above all dogs, or they may deliver the attack in the air only, at 

 some phantom enemy. They may bleat hoarsely or brokenly, 

 grind the teeth, or work the jaws with the formation of froth 

 about the lips. Galtier says they may even attempt to bite. 

 Sooner or later weakness of the limbs, muscular incoordination, 

 swaying and staggering bespeak enervation, the sheep lies con- 

 stantly, and if raised stands with unsteady semi-fiexed limbs, has 

 trembling or convulsions and dies paralytic in from two to five 

 days. Death has been delayed till the twelfth day (goat) or 

 thirteenth (sheep). In some cases paralysis has been present 

 from the start, the subject lying prostrate from the first. 



Rabies in the Camel and Deer. In Algiers camels are often 

 times bitten by rabid dogs and contract the disease showing both 

 furious and paralytic symptoms. They are especially dangerous 

 because of their propensity to bite, and to scatter the virulent 

 product by sneezing. 



In England rabies has prevailed extensively in parks of deer, 

 which shut inside high walls have been bitten remorselessly by rabid 

 dogs that had gained admittance. The symptoms of hyperaes- 

 thesia and paralysis followed the same general course as in other 

 animals. 



Symptoms in Swine. Rabid pigs are usually very restless, ex- 

 citable and sensitive to all causes of disturbance. They will hide 

 under the litter in the darkest corner but soon start without ap- 

 parent cause, turn around and lie down again, or they bound up 

 with grunt or .scream and rush off as if pursued, push or leap 

 against the wall, stand with ears pricked as if listening, and start 

 violently at any noise or a flash from a lantern, trembling, squeal- 

 ing, or having muscular jerking. The eyes are at times fixed, or 

 may roll, squint or flash from pupillary dilatation. The voice is 

 hoarse, deglutition difficult, there is frequent clenching of the 

 jaws, or grinding of the teeth, and frothing around the mouth. 

 The victim may tear with his teeth the boards of his pen, or 

 gnaw pieces of wood, he may swallow wood, pebbles or earth, 

 and plunge his face in water or other liquid without fear or ap- 

 parent dread or dislike. The disposition to bite may be viciously 

 shown, and he may strike dangerously with his tusks, while in 

 other cases it may be entirely absent. Peuch quotes cases in 

 which no paroxysm was aroused by the sight of a dog, and others 



