250 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 
Two days . . . . 4 instances. 
Three . A ® . 5 ” 
Four ‘ F . - «10 5 
Five . . e . . 8 ” 
Six . e . . . 7 9 
Seven . ‘ - . 8 3 
Eight 7 Fi . . ° 2 ” 
Twelve ; : . 1 instance. 
Thirteen. . . ‘ I 3 
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 . : n I instance. 
Three . 5 F < a 6 instances. 
Four . . 7 . * FS gs 
Five fs . . . 20 ‘3 
Six : . , < 42 3 
Seven . P : . 8 i 
Bight . . ‘ 5 ‘ 4 Pe 
Nine . - “ . F 2 ‘i 
In 1868, in seventeen cases at the same school, it was : 
Two days . 2 Instances, 
Four . 3 . Fi . 8 or 
Five . ‘ . r “ 4 8 
Six . ‘ js . ‘ 1 instance. 
Seven . ‘ ‘ - . 2 instances. 
Symptoms.—Rabies assume 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 
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