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longer than twelve hours. The stories that are told of the mad 

 dog covered with froth are altogether fabulous. The dog recover- 

 ing from, or attacked by, a fit may be seen in this state ; but not 

 the rabid dog. Fits are often mistaken for rabies, and hence the 

 delusion. 



" The increased secretion of saliva soon passes away. It lessens 

 in quantity; it becomes thicker, viscid, adhesive, and glutinous. 

 It clings to the corners of the mouth, and probably more annoy- 

 ingly so to the membrane of the fauces. The human being is 

 sadly distressed by it, he forces it out with the greatest violence, 

 or utters the falsely supposed bark of a dog, in his attempts to 

 force it i'rom his mouth. This symptom occurs in the human 

 being when the disease is fully established, or at a late period of 

 it. The dog furiously attempts to detach it with his paws. 



" It is an early symptom in the dog, and it can scarcely be 

 mistaken in him. "When he is fighting with his paws at the 

 corners of his mouth, let no one suppose that a bone is sticking 

 between the poor fellow's teeth ; nor should any useless and danger- 

 ous effort be made to relieve him. If all this uneasiness arose 

 from a bone in the mouth, the mouth would continue permanently 

 open, instead of closing when the animal for a moment discon- 

 tinues his efforts. If after a while he loses his balance and tum- 

 bles over, there can be no longer any mistake. It is the saliva 

 becoming more and more glutinous, irritating the fauces and 

 threatening suffocation. 



" To this naturally and rapidly succeeds an insatiable thirst. The 

 dog that still has full power over the muscles of his jaws con- 

 tinues to lap. He knows not when to cease, while the poor fellow 

 labouring under the dumb madness, presently to be described, and 

 whose jaw and tongue are paralysed, plunges his muzzle into the 

 water-dish to his very eyes, in order that he may get one drop of 



