FOUR CASES OF RABIES IN CATTLE. 
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to a neighbouring field, she was attacked by a large dog 
(which was passing along the road with a half-worried cat in 
its mouth), and bitten rather severely on one ear. The wound 
healed and did well, but on the Friday previous to my seeing 
her she was observed chasing a number of sheep and bellow- 
ing in a wild, unnatural manner; and from this time until 
her death paroxysms of bellowing, accompanied with great 
restlessness and. excitement, would come on at intervals. 
These periods of excitement were always succeeded by the 
greatest depression, and it was in this depressed condition I 
had found her on both my visits. Being unaware of the 
true character of the disease, treatment, consisting of purga- 
tives and strong diffusible stimulants, was adopted in the first 
stages, but without producing the slightest effect. 
The fourth case I have to record occurred the day after the 
death of this animal, at Parbold ^Hall, a large farm about 
three quarters of a mile from the farms where the first two 
cases occurred, and five or six miles from the last case. 
I learnt on my arrival at the place that the animal was a 
bull-calf, about nine months old, and had displayed very 
unusual symptoms since the previous Monday. The Croston 
harriers had on that day passed through the field in which 
the calf was grazing along with about a dozen others, and 
shortly afterwards it was found bellowing and rambling over 
the field in a state of the greatest excitement. It w r as sup- 
posed at the time that this had arisen in consequence of 
having been alarmed by the hounds, and would in a short 
time subside, and the calf, not being a valuable one, was 
neglected until my visit three days after. I regret to say I 
had not the satisfaction of seeing this case alive. It had 
separated from its companions, and for some time we were 
unable to find it, but eventually discovered it lying dead on the 
bank of a small pit, with its nose just immersed in the water, 
having apparently expired in the act of drinking. 
I was informed, however, that since the previous Monday 
it had been in a state of the wildest excitement, incessantly 
bellowing and rambling round the field, and would instantly 
charge furiously at any one who approached it. 
1 availed myself of the opportunity of a post-mortem, but 
having to make my examination several hours after, in the 
open field by candle light, and in a strong wind, it was much 
less satisfactory than I could have wished. With the feeble 
light I possessed I was unable to detect any abnormal ap- 
pearances except in the brain, of which organ I made as 
careful an examination as possible under the circumstances. 
The membranes were intensely congested ; the brain also 
