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MAMMALIA. 



expresses by a peculiar hoarse melancholy cry the pain it suffers, 

 and the nature of the deplorable disease with which it is seized. 

 At length an indescribable state of madness is manifested by 

 offensive acts, that mark the last stages of the malady. The 

 animal runs here and there without purpose, biting at whatever 

 comes in its way, — Cats, Dogs, Men, Women, or Children, in- 

 noculating all its victims with the virus that impregnates its 

 saliva. It is rare that it attacks its master, and it is probably 



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Fig. 1.5S. — Esquimaux Dogs. 



to avoid this misfortune that it wanders off on feeling the first 

 s-vmptoms of the horrible malady. 



The most energetic measures should be taken against rabies. 

 Every Dog bitten should be immediately killed ; and the same 

 law should inflexibly be exercised towards every brute which 

 has met with the same misfortune. 



With regard to people who may happen to be wounded by 

 rabid animals, the injured part should be cut out and carefully 

 cleansed with the shortest possible delay after the accident ; better 



