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RABIES CANINA. 
and inappetency were first observed at Theobald’s Park, 
Herefordshire, after their return from Scotland, on the 28th 
of November. I was consulted on the 30th, and went to 
see him, and likewise another, whose case I will relate 
shortly. I was satisfied as to the case and its results. This 
dog had been bitten in the neck ; but no cicatrices w ere 
apparent, although he kept continually scratching the part 
with his hind-foot, and biting his penis. He died on the 
2d of December. The same symptoms during life were 
present as in case No. I., w 7 ith the additions I have already 
described. And the post-mortem examination enabled me, in 
conjunction with a Mr. Collins, a Member of the Royal 
College of Surgeons, to discover similar appearances to the 
one before described, with the exception that the congestion 
was even more general in every organ of the body, — those of 
generation particularly so, — and the bladder enormously dis- 
tended with viscid urine : tw 7 o greenish-looking ulcerated 
spots near the cardiac orifice of the stomach ; parotid glands 
enlarged ; considerable effusion into the ventricles of the 
brain, and around the spinal chord. 
Case III. — Thorpe , a large aged deer-hound, belonging to 
the same worthy Baronet, was bitten at the same time and 
place. His rabid symptoms were developed also on the 28th 
November, and he died on the 1st December. He was kept 
in a large brick kennel, enclosed w ith a wall twelve feet high, 
which he attempted to scale, repeatedly, the day preceding 
his death, but without avail, from paralysis of his hind ex- 
tremities continuing increasing. The yell of this dog was 
described to me as most hideous during the night. They 
seldom bark at any time, I have been informed. The post- 
mortem appearances were in every respect the same as the 
case No. II. Several other dogs and cats that had been 
bitten at Theobald’s Park were shot, for fear of the direful 
results; with the exception of one, Pilot, a cross-bred blood- 
hound, a very great favorite of Sir Henry’s sister, the 
Countess of Maldon, which was bitten in the foot about the 
1st of October by Snob. The wound bled much, and the 
dog naturally licked it. I see him once or twice a w T eek, 
and no untoward circumstances have as yet occurred. He 
has been w 7 ell physicked ; but I do not place any dependence 
in its prophylactic agency. I first saw him on the 30th of 
October. The following remedy may not be out of place : — 
“A HAIR OF THE DOG THAT BIT YOU.” 
« In Scotland it is a popular belief that the £ hair of the 
dog that bit you,’ when applied to the bite, has a virtue 
