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passes away — it lessens in quantity, it becomes thicker, viscid, ad- 
hesive, glutinous. It clings to the corners of the mouth — it 
probably clings more annoyingly to the membrane of the fauces. 
The human being is sadly distressed by it — he forces it out with 
the utmost violence. He furiously attempts to detach it with his 
fingers, or utters the falsely supposed bark of a dog in his attempts 
to force it from his mouth. This symptom occurs in the human 
being when the disease is fully established, or at a late period of 
it. It is an early symptom in the dog, and it can scarcely be 
mistaken in him. When you see him fighting away with his 
paws at the corners of his mouth, do not suppose that a bone has 
stuck between his teeth, and goodnaturedly hasten to relieve him 
from the inconvenience. If all this uneasiness arose from the pre- 
sence of a bone his mouth would be permanently open, instead of 
closing when the animal for a moment discontinues his efforts ; 
and if, as you watch him, the efforts become more and more furi- 
ous, so that he loses his balance and tumbles over, there can no 
longer be any mistake ; it is the saliva becoming still more and 
more glutinous, irritating the fauces, and threatening suffocation. 
Insatiable Thirst . — To this naturally and rapidly succeeds in- 
satiable thirst. The dog that still has full power over the muscles 
of his jaws and his tongue scarcely knows when to leave off lap- 
ping ; and the poor fellow labouring under the dumb madness, as 
it is vulgarly called, and presently to be described, and whose 
jaws and whose tongue are paralysed, plunges his muzzle into 
the water-dish up to the very eyes, in order that he may get one 
drop of water into the posterior part of his mouth, to moisten and 
to cool his dry and parched fauces. Hence, instead of this dis- 
ease being characterised by the dread of water in the dog, it is 
often marked by a thirst perfectly unquenchable. Twenty years 
ago this assertion would have been peremptorily denied. Even at 
the present day, Ido occasionally meet with those who ought to 
know better, and who will not believe that the dog that fairly, or 
perhaps eagerly, drinks, can be rabid. 
Hist or ij of a Case. — Jan. 22c/, 1815. A Newfoundland dog, 
belonging to Mr. I3athe, of Piccadilly, was supposed to have 
swallowed a penny-piece on the 20th. On the evening of that 
day he was dull, refused his food, and would not follow his mas- 
ter. On the 21st he became restless, continually shifting his pos- 
ture, and panting. He would noteat, nor would he drink water, 
but followed his mistress into her bed-room, which he had never 
done before, and eagerly lapped the urine from the chamber-pot. 
He was afterwards seen to lap his own urine. To-day his rest- 
lessness and panting have increased. He will neither eat nor 
drink, and he has made two or three ineffectual attempts to 
