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HYDROPHOBIA. 
contained fluid blood. The lungs were rosy and crepitating. The 
mucous membrane of the oesophagus frequently shewed little pa- 
pillce, surmounted here and there with a white point, like a minute 
grain' of sand adhering to the centre of the papilla. The crop 
always contained food ; the gizzard was strongly contracted ; the 
intestine presented occasional reddish patches, especially in the 
situations where little parcels of worms were found. The liver was 
gorged with black and tarry blood ; the gall-bladder distended with 
thick green bile. 
This epizootic is quite different from the “ maladie charbon - 
neuse” of Chabert, and from that described by Boronio. Neither 
has it any analogy to the “ pip,” for the tongue was always in a 
natural state. 
Journal Hebdomadaire . 
Hydrophobia following the Bite of a Fox. 
E. B., a man about 46 years of age, was brought to the hospital 
du Nord, between eight and nine o’clock of the evening of the 
10th inst., labouring under the symptoms of hydrophobia. His 
friends stated he was frequently in the habit of indulging himself 
with drinking freely of malt liquors and spirits, but at the time the 
accident occurred he was quite sober. It appeared he kept a tame 
fox for his amusement; but about six weeks since, being about to 
dispose of it, he wished to show it to its intended purchaser; and 
on the animal not readily obeying his call, he put his hand into its 
house for the purpose of bringing it out, when the animal bit him, 
but not severely, in the back of the hand, and also in the palm. 
He took no notice of the bites, which readily healed up, and he 
continued in the enjoyment of his accustomed health until the day 
previous to his admission, when he complained of pain in the bitten 
part running up the arm to the axilla, with a general feeling of 
illness without being able to mention any particular part affected. 
Towards night he became extremely irritable, and was unable to 
rest in bed. On Sunday morning, while taking breakfast, after 
having drunk some tea, he declared he could not drink any more, 
for if he did he was sure it would choke him; at which time he felt 
a great tightness and sense of suffocation about the throat. His 
friends becoming alarmed by these symptoms, called in a medical 
man, who recommended his immediate removal to this hospital. 
On his admission, his look was extremely distressed. He 
complained of great uneasiness and a feeling of oppression about 
