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I may add that rabies has, unfortunately, been but too pre- 
valent in this part of the country of late. In Wreston, a 
town sixteen miles from here, several cases occurred in. the 
human subject in the spring and summer of last year, whilst 
at Bradley Hall, Eccleston, a farm nine miles nearer, out of 
a flock of sheep ten had to be destroyed affected with rabies ; 
and at Wrightington Hall, five miles from here, two yard 
dogs, which had been bitten by a strange dog a month pre- 
viously, were shot last autumn, undeniably rabid; and even 
so late as January last a young man in the neighbouring 
village of Newburgh fell a victim to this dread disease. 
RECOVERY OF A DOG FROM POISONING BY 
STRYCHNIA. 
Communicated by Professor Williams, Edinburgh 
Veterinary College. 
The following case having been forwarded to Professor 
Williams by Mr. Mackenzie, Druggist, George 4th Bridge, 
Edinburgh, has been transmitted to us for publication. Our 
present number also contains an analogous, although a much 
less severe case, by Mr. Macer (see p. 209). 
P articular s of a case where a terrier dog was poisoned with 
strychnia and recovered. 
A quantity of poison containing strychnia having been 
exposed in order to destroy vermin, a favorite terrier dog found 
its way to where the poison was laid and partook rather freely 
of it. The owner of the dog at once saw what had happened, 
and with the least delay possible hastened to me with the ani- 
mal to see whether or not something could be done for its 
relief, knowing what was sure to follow the large dose of 
poison it had swallowed; the distance which the animal had 
to be brought occupied about fifteen minutes in travelling. 
By this time the animal had shown the usual and well- 
marked symptoms of poisoning by strychnia, and when I saw 
him I was under the impression that he was beyond all hope of 
recovery. To satisfy the owner that something, at least, was 
done for the animal, I administered ten minims of tincture of 
belladonna and six minims of chloroform with thirty drops of 
spirits of wine and two drachms of water. This mixture was 
administered with some difficulty. After swallowing the 
