30 The Farmer's Veterinary Adviser. 



or four more successively diminisliiiig in force and uttered 

 without closing the mouth. Some dogs appear unusually 

 fond of their owners and fatally inoculate them by Licking 

 their hands and face. Others turn the head and eyes as 

 if following imagiuary objects and snap as if at flies. 

 Barking without object, a constant searching, or tearing 

 of wood, etc., to pieces, a seeking of darkness and seclu- 

 sion and a disposition to resent disturbance, or a pilgrim- 

 age of several days' absence from home are among the most 

 common precursors of the disease. 



Furious Babies. Following some of the above symptoms 

 there is a redness and fixed glare in the eyes, squinting, 

 rolhng of the eyes after fancied objects, more frequent 

 howling, and increasing irritability with a tendency to 

 worry all animals that come in their way, the respect for, 

 and immunity of former friends being lost in the violence 

 of a paroxysm. The victim can no longer rest, but under- 

 takes long journeys at a slouching trot, ready to fly at all 

 that cross his path, especially if they make any noise or 

 outcry. He may die during one of these journeys, or re- 

 turn dirty, careworn and sullen, with the rabid glare in 

 his eye and ready to resent any inteference. Each parox- 

 ysm of violence or wandering is followed by a period of 

 depression and torpor proportionate to the preceding ex- 

 citement, during which dark and seclusion are preferred, 

 though any disturbance wiU arouse to violence. From the 

 fourth to the eighth day paralysis sets in, first in the hind 

 limbs then in the jaw and the whole body, the certain pre- 

 cursor of approaching death. 



Paralytic Babies. In this case paralysis with dropping 

 of the lower jaw is shown at the outset, and gradually ex- 

 tends to the whole body. The animal cannot bite, eat, nor 

 drink, rarely barks, and dies early. 



Lethargic (Tranquil) Babies. Palsy of the jaw is 'less 

 marked, but there is complete apathy, the patient remaining 

 curled up in one position, and is not to be roused by 

 any effort. He becomes daily more emaciated and dies in 

 ten to fifteen davs. 



