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FOUR CASES OF RABIES IN CATTLE. 
with gruel or water made eager attempts to drink, but was 
powerless to swallow. 
Being unable to visit her that night, I supplied the owner 
with a strong dose of purgative medicine to be given imme- 
diately on his return, a powerful opiate to be given at frequent 
intervals, and a blister to apply behind the ears, and promised 
to visit her early the following day. 
Suspecting the case might probably be one of rabies, I also 
particularly cautioned him to avoid smearing his hands with 
saliva in horning her. 
On my arrival at the place next morning I found that the 
wild excitement from which the animal had hitherto suffered 
had almost completely subsided, and was now succeeded by 
comparative quietude and a state of extreme exhaustion. 
The eyes had a peculiar anxious but watchful look, the pulse 
was slow, small, and feeble, and the debility so great that 
it was with difficulty she could walk across the place, but 
though so greatly prostrated she still displayed an anxious 
desire to escape from confinement. The thirst, however, 
still continued undiminished, and on a bucket of gruel being 
offered to her in my presence she eagerly plunged in her nose 
and made repeated but vain efforts to drink, the liquid at 
each attempt returning by the nostrils. 
She rapidly sank during the day, and died early next 
morning, but her restlessness only diminished in proportion 
with her fast failing strength and was observable to the last. 
Throughout the disease there was little or no action of the 
bowels, and everything but fluids was persistently refused 
from the commencement. 
The following Sunday morning I received a message 
requesting my attendance at another farm in the same neigh- 
bourhood, and an old friend and College companion (Mr. 
Thomas Harwood, M.R.C.V.S., of Liverpool), having just 
dropped over to spend a portion of the day with me, kindly 
accompanied me to see the case. 
This animal, I was informed, was also an in-calf two-year 
old heifer, and had displayed such alarming symptoms of 
violence that it had been deemed advisable to fasten her 
securely the previous night. Before entering the shippon, 
the owner advised me to be cautious in approaching her, as 
any attempt to do so strangely excited her ; and this prepa- 
ratory caution proved not unnecessary, for we were almost 
deafened with the bellowing which greeted us on opening the 
door. Our entrance had evidently thrown her into a state 
of the wildest excitement, which, however, subsided after 
we had remained quietly watching her a few minutes; but 
