ANIMAL PATHOLOGY. 
328 
what period before the death of the dog l Some years ago a 
dog, naturally ferocious, bit a child at Lisson Grove. The child 
died on the third day, and an inquest was to be held on the body 
on the same evening. The coroner ordered the dog to be sent to 
me for examination. The animal was, contrary to his usual habits, 
perfectly tractable. I could do with him as I pleased. I trust 
that I entered fairly into the matter. I was, if I were to speak 
the truth, anxious to find some suspicious circumstance about 
him. I could not and I was compelled to return a certificate 
that I could discover no cause of rabies about him ; adding my wish 
that the dog might be consigned to me for a certain period, that 
I might be enabled to watch the ultimate result. The inquest 
took place ; — the child was examined; — one of the medical at- 
tendants thought that there were some suspicious appearances 
about the stomach, and I believe also that there was congestion 
of the brain. 
The dog was ordered to be sent to me ; — the master begged 
that he might take him home for one night. He did so; and, 
brute-like, he hung him. The remaining part of the story will 
render it likely that he knew of his having been previously bitten 
by a rabid dog. With great difficulty, and after some sturdy 
threatening, we procured the carcass. There were kindly pre- 
sent at the examination, Drs. Conolly, D. D. Davis, and T. 
Thomson, of the University of London, and Mr. Pattison, Pro- 
fessor of Anatomy at the same institution. We examined him 
as carefully as we could ; and from some inflammatory appear- 
ances about the glottis and the stomach, and the presence of a 
small portion of indigestible matter in the stomach, we were 
unanimously of opinion that the dog was rabid. 
I do not mean to say that the child died hydrophobous, or 
that its death was accelerated by the nascent disease existing in 
the dog. There was probably some nervous affection that hastened 
the death of the infant; but the probability is, that he bit the 
child under the influence of that disease which was just beginning 
to develop itself ; and the certainty is, that a veterinary surgeon, 
who had for many a year practised on the diseases of dogs, was 
unable to detect one symptom of rabies, although there were 
sufficient morbid lesions on the following day to prove beyond 
doubt that he was rabid. I will shew you a dog presently that 
I know is rabid. I have wit enough to discover the early and 
decisive symptoms in him, although perhaps they will not be evi- 
dent to many of my auditors ; and from his breed, and the reports 
which I have had of him, I suspect that he will be ferocious 
enough to-morrow. 
There are three cases, and each given on good authority, of 
