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RABIES IN THE DOG. 
from ff phrenitis following upon distemper.” The second 
hound was also examined after death by a professional gen- 
tleman, who was of opinion that death was caused by “ the 
diseased condition of the throat.” 
Unfortunately for these theories, fresh hounds have since 
been attacked, at intervals of a fortnight or so, for the last three 
months. Some of them have had paralysis of the lower jaw, and 
others not ; but all that have been attacked have either died 
or had to be destroyed. I saw a bitch this morning, October 
6th, that was taken ill yesterday ; the mouth was wide open, 
the muscles of the lower jaw being completely paralysed ; the 
eyes had a wild appearance, and were drawn back in the 
orbits ; the breathing was normal, and she did not appear to 
be suffering from any acute pain. She was quite conscious, 
and answered to her name when called by the huntsman to 
the door of the box she was confined in. Some broth was 
fetched while I was present ; but, as she could not lap it, her 
attendants would persist in giving her three or four horns 
full. She had much difficulty in swallowing, and soon 
became more excited. I did not venture to approach her for 
the purpose of studying more closely her symptoms. The 
huntsman gave it as his opinion that she would bite a 
stranger, and added that he was sure she would be dead in 
four or five days. 
Treatment of the cases has been adopted by the huntsman, 
who has among other things administered to the animals what 
he calls a double dose of castor oil, viz., a pint, and abstracted 
blood to an extent as to cause complete exhaustion. Finding, 
however, that his treatment has not arrested the disease, and 
having heard that Mr. McBride, the huntsman of the Quorn, 
had cured a couple of hounds presenting similar symptoms, he 
has written to him for his recipe, which he is going to try, 
despite all my warning. This remedy, I am told, consists of 
15 grs. of calomel, given in a pill, and the application of a 
blister to the throat. I recollect, wdien at College, hearing 
Professor Spooner state that a case of hydrophobia in man 
was said to have been cured by a surgeon of the name of Pope 
by the exhibition of large doses of calomel, repeated at short 
intervals. This may probably have given rise to the curative 
action of the drug in cases simulating rabies in the dog, for I 
regret to say that another opinion is entertained by the hunts- 
man and other persons in this particular case. 
