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A CASE OF RABIES IN A HORSE. 
from him, had him rubbed dry and clean, and said that I would 
call again in two hours. He was then much as before, but ap- 
peared dreadfully excited at any sudden noise. There was a 
peculiar snapping and grinding of the teeth, and he voided small 
portions of dung frequently. 
At 12 p. m. the breathing was a little more tranquil. I gave 
bol : cathartic 3 v ”j> and left him for the night. 
At 8 a. m. on the following day I was warned, in going up 
to him, that he had made frequent attempts to bite. I found 
him perfectly conscious and obedient in every respect to his 
groom, but exceedingly irritable, snapping his teeth and attempt- 
ing to bite. The eyes glistening — every sudden noise startling 
him — holding up a stick terrifying him — and he snorted dread- 
fully ; yet his breathing was at times nearly or quite tranquil — 
pulse 72. 
I had him led to the trough, when he drank a small quantity, 
and then seemed disposed to return to his old stable and join the 
other horses ; but I had begun to have a suspicion of the real 
state of the case, and made very careful inquiry. A dog of the 
old English mastiff breed, rather savage in disposition, had on 
the 14th September last been supposed to be rabid ; he was well 
on the preceding day, but in the night was heard howling, and 
in the morning he was found at liberty, but frequently uttering 
a kind of choking noise. His appearance created considerable 
suspicion, and he was secured and chained to a tumbril, but 
very shortly had entangled himself in his chain and was choked. 
He had bitten a pig in the nose, and drawn blood. That animal 
has since been fed without any apparent bad consequences, and 
was killed a month ago. 
At 4 p. m. I found the horse breathing in a hurried manner, 
and frothing at the mouth. I offered him a lock of hay ; he 
snapped at it, and, when I teazed him a little with it, he came 
towards me open mouthed, and then as suddenly retreated to 
the farther end of the box, apparently much terrified, and violently 
snorting. After that he came forward grinding his teeth, hold- 
ing the head as high as if gazing at the roof of the stable ; then 
pawed a little, coming forward as if inclined to be vicious, and 
immediately retreating. Holding up a stick made him suddenly 
draw back. His owner informed me that he had been much 
worse since they had offered him water this afternoon, which he 
drank. I had some placed before him; he plunged his muzzle 
into the bucket, and greedily swallowed a few mouthfuls, but this 
seemed a great effort to him. 
Between six and seven o’clock he became exceedingly violent, 
rushing open mouthed at the door and walls, and at length 
