240 



THE MANAGEMENT AND DISEASES OF THE DOG. 



Fleming observes : " The progress of rabies in the dog is 

 always very rapid, and the termination, it may well be said, 

 invariably fatal " 



Its duration in no case appears to have exceeded ten days ; 

 and in the majority of instances death takes place about the 

 fourth, fifth, or sixth day after the appearance of the first 

 morbid symptoms. Of course, it also occurs much earlier. 

 Out of several tables we will only refer to those of Professors 

 Saint-Cyr and Peuch, of the Lyons' School, as they afford a 

 fair idea of the duration of the disease in a number of cases. 

 In 1864, fifty-four rabid dogs were reported. Death took 

 place at the following periods : 



The last case recovered spontaneously. The duration of the 

 remaining eight cases could not be satisfactorily determined. 

 In the sixty-eight dogs that were rabid at the school in 

 1865, the duration of the disease was : 



Two days .... 1 instance. 



Three . 



Four 



Five 



Six 



Seven 



Eight 



Nine 



6 instances. 

 IS " 

 20 

 12 



8 



4 " 

 2 " 



In 1868, is seventeen cases at the same school, it was ; 



Two days 

 Four 

 Five 

 Six 

 Seven . 



2 instances 



1 instance. 



2 instances. 



