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During and immediately after the paroxysm, the breath- 
ing is short and painful, and the animal looks an exhausted 
object, as if suffering from the effects of a hard-fought 
sanguinary battle. 
As the malady proceeds towards its last stage, the head 
frequently becomes swollen, particularly about the eyes, 
which assume a brilliant lustrous appearance, and the con- 
junctival membrane is deeply injected. An anxious hag- 
gard. countenance is present throughout. 
The animal may gradually sink into a state of stupor, or 
die in a paroxysm of rage. Paralysis is sometimes 
associated with the disease from its commencement, and 
is rarely absent towards its termination. Emaciation is 
rapid under all circumstances. 
One marked symptom in rabies, as opposed to all other 
nervous affections, is the magical influence of voices the 
animal is accustomed to. Even in moments of frenzy the 
call of one the poor sufferer knows is instantly recognised, 
and for a brief period produces an appearance of sanity. 
It has been stated by a professed authority, Grantley F. 
Berkeley, that “Dogs become utterly zzsane through dis- 
temper, and are for the time vad to all intents and purposes.” 
“Tf you prevent distemper in dogs ‘by vaccination’ (?) well 
performed, you decrease the madness in dogs, which in num- 
berless cases arises from the effects of the ‘common dis- 
temper,’ but which is often vulgarly termed ‘ hydrophobia.’ ”* 
(I presume radzes canina is meant.) 
Any such marked insanity in distemper it has never yet 
been the lot of the author to observe, nor, as far as he can 
gather, has it been noted by any other veterinarian. Rabies — 
and distemper are, in fact, as widely different in character 
and pathology as it is possible for two canine maladies to 
be left to itself; but nervous excitability appears to be predominant 
more or less throughout the disease. 
* From letter in the Morning Post, dated Sept. 11th, 1887. The 
italics are mine. 
