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THE RECENT CASES OF RABIES IN LANCA- 
SHIRE. 
We are indebted to Mr. Alexander Lawson M.R.C.V.S,, 
Bolton, for the following description of cases of rabies among 
cattle. Mr. Lawson writes us as under : 
“ Bolton; 15M February, 1871. 
“My dear Sir, — My assistant, Mr. William Dacre, who 
is a member of the College, attended the cases of rabies 
among Mr. Peak's cattle, and also a case in a pet sheep that 
ran about the stable-yard of Richard Henry Ainsworth, Esq., 
Mogsbank, near Bolton. His report of these cases is sent 
herewith, also a letter from Dr. Robertson (in reply to one 
from me), who attended one of the cases of hydrophobia in a 
boy. You may make what use of these letters you think 
proper. 
“ I am, &c., 
“ To Professor Simonds." “ Alex. Lawson. 
The letter referred to is as follows : 
“Horwich; February 13 th, 1871. 
“ Dear Sir, — In reply to yours of the 12th instant, I beg 
to inform you that I only attended one of the patients that 
died from hydrophobia in this township — the boy Cross. He 
was bitten in the lip by the same dog that bit Mr. Peak's 
cattle. About fourteen days after he was bitten he com- 
plained of feeling unwell of headache, and had to leave his 
work : that night and the following day he was very restless and 
feverish. On the third day I was sent for. I saw him about 
noon, and he then presented in a very marked way all the 
well-known symptoms of hydrophobia ; in fact, it was most 
painful to witness his suffering. He died in about three 
hours after. 
“Yours, &c., 
“ Robert Robertson, M.D. 
“ To Mr. Lawson, Bolton." 
Mr. Dacre thus describes the cases in his report : 
“ On the 5th of December last I visited some cows, the 
property of Mr. Andrew Peak, Terra Cotta Manufacturer, of 
Horwich, said to have been bitten by a f mad dog.' The 
subjects of the injury were three two-year old heifers, and the 
history given of the circumstances was as follows ? — On the 
