CHAPTER XI. 



DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 



RABIES, CONCUSSION OF THE BRAIN, 



EPILEPSY, COMPRESSION OF THE BRAIN, 



APOPLEXY, HYDROCEPHALUS, 



VERTIGO, TURNSIDE, 



CHOREA, MENINGITIS, 



PARALYSIS, NEURALGIA. 



RABIES. 



This disease may be truly designated the scourge of the 

 canine race; horrible in its nature, alike terribly fatal to man 

 and beast. As such it was recognized centuries ago, and the 

 alarm engendered appears to have been as great then as in 

 the present day. Among the ancient Greeks recipes both for 

 the bite of a rabid dog, and the flesh of one affected with 

 rabies, were numerous and singular. 



Much, but far from enough, has been written of late con- 

 cerning this disease ; much that is sensible and no small 

 proportion that is calculated to do harm. Rewards have 

 been offered for the discovery of a ciire, but the probability 

 of their ever being claimed is extremely dubious. 



Before going into the nature and symptoms of the malady, 



a few words regarding the terms applied to it are, I think, 



necessary. 



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