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Strabismus was apparent in his countenance ; he walked to 
and fro as if following some invisible object, making an occa- 
sional snap at it; would lie, or rather fall down, get up and 
shake himself, and howl until he was nearly choked with 
an accumulation of viscid saliva. Upon presenting a stick 
to him, he bit it, but did not shake it. He was secured, 
and his mouth was tied up for a time, to admit of an ex- 
amination. The stomach appeared much distended ; and it 
had been observed that he had lost flesh considerably during 
the last week or two. An emeto-purgative was administered, 
consisting of Hydrargyri Chlor. et Antim. Potass. Tart., 
aa gr. j, which operated speedily. He vomited much grumous 
matter, intermixed with straw and foreign substances. My 
opinion was formed at once as to the disease and its results. 
I communicated the same to his owner, who wished it to be 
destroyed. I begged he might die a natural death, and as his 
hours were numbered, he acceded to my request. On the 
17th, ulcerations were apparent on the transparent cornea of 
both eyes, and when w T ater or any other liquid was presented 
to him, he plunged his nose into the fluid as far as his eyes, 
and, in the attempt to swallow, would become convulsed, 
fall, roll over, and remain unconscious for some time. 
Natural food he would not touch, but he was constantly 
gnawing the bars of the crate, in which he was kept. Once 
he was observed to void his excrement, and eat it with avidity. 
His strength gradually diminished, and he died on the 1 8th. 
A post-mortem was made. The stomach full of foreign 
substances, as straw, hair, and splinters of wood. General 
blush of inflammatory action all over its surface, with three 
or four spots of ecchymosis about the greater curvature. 
Larynx and pharynx full of straw and mucus, with some 
considerable degree of congestion around the glottis. The 
brain and its meninges were likewise much congested ; the 
heart full of black blood, and its superficial vessels turgid. 
This dog was not supposed to have been bitten by another, but 
the affection thought to have originated spontaneously. 
Case II. — Snob , a black retriever, five years old, the 
property of Sir Henry Meux, Bart., was bitten on the 1 8th 
September, 1852, at Dundraggon, in the Highlands of Scot- 
land, by a shepherd’s colley, who died shortly after in a 
rabid state ; but not before he had inflicted serious injuries 
upon many very valuable dogs belonging to Col. Hugh 
Baillies, and an immense number of sheep. They were all 
destroyed and buried. A child was bitten about the same 
time in the hand ; but I am happy to state that no ill effects 
have at present appeared. Symptoms of unusual dulness 
