THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. X, No. 118.] OCTOBER 1837. [New Series, No. 58. 
ANIMAL PATHOLOGY. 
By Mr. Youatt. 
LECTURE XV. 
Rabies in the Dog . — Symptoms concluded . 
IN my first lecture on the symptoms of rabies in the dog, l 
spoke of his sullenness, fidgettiness, and clouded, suspicious coun- 
tenance — the presentiment that he seemed to have of some dread- 
ful evil that was about to befal him, and the stedfast gaze with 
which he regarded one and another of the family, as if he would 
read their very thoughts. A leading member of one of the hunts 
in the southern extremity of Ireland, and one of the foremost in 
these sports which “ nobile venandi nomen mer litre has favoured 
me w T ith a confirmation of this, so graphic that I will give it you 
verbatim : — “ Permit me to offer you an account of what is, 
among hounds, one of the earliest if not the very first symptom 
of this fearful disease, namely a nervous dread or shiness of their 
companions. I may, perhaps, make myself more intelligible by 
stating a case. 
“ A bitch, brought into kennel from the walk where she was 
reared, appeared (as many pupies do) very shy of the pack at 
first ; she, however, got over it in about a fortnight, and became 
as bold as any of the other hounds. 
“ One day, when the pack were going to be fed, instead of 
coming up to the door of the feeding room with the others, as 
usual, she slunk away, and appeared frightened at the noise they 
made : but when they had been fed, she ate by herself with as 
good an appetite as any dog, and when there was nothing going 
on among the hounds to arouse her attention, appeared in perfect 
health. The next day these symptoms were aggravated. She 
was then taken out of the kennel, and for three or four days 
seemed quite well. The huntsman was going to put her back, 
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