THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. X, No. 119.] NOVEMBER 1837. [New Series, No. 59? 
ANIMAL PATHOLOGY. 
Ry Mr. Youatt. 
LECTURE XVI. 
Rabies in the Dog. — The Diseases with vjhich it may be con- 
founded. — Rabies in the Horse, Ass, and Mule. 
IT may be useful, ere vve proceed to the consideration of 
rabies in other quadrupeds, to glance at the diseases with which 
it may be confounded in the dog. Mistakes are here frequently 
made by the young practitioner, and they are of daily occurrence 
among those who have paid little attention to canine pathology. 
Many useful and valuable animals have been destroyed, in 
whom not one symptom of rabies existed ; and groundless and 
distressing fears, with regard to themselves or those whom they 
loved, have been a source of intense misery in numerous families. 
I cannot do better than here refer you to a note in Mr. Blaine’s 
most valuable Treatise on the diseases of the dog. That work 
will most deservedly find a place in your libraries ; for you will 
recognize in him the first medical writer who had sufficient 
mental courage to devote himself to the study of the maladies 
of this interesting and noble animal ; and in the volume which 
he has published you will find the germ of almost all that is 
useful in canine pathology. 
Rabies and Epilepsy . — The dog is a very susceptible and 
irritable animal. Various diseases — difficult teething — distem- 
per — sudden exertion — over-joy — fright, so hasten, or retard, or 
derange the circulation of the blood through the brain, that there 
is a temporary loss of sensation and consciousness, and a violent 
spasmodic action of certain of the voluntary muscles. Suppose 
a dog to be ranging in the field — employed in the busy pursuit 
of game, or, occasionally, imagine him to be quiet at home. All 
at once he starts up, and begins to bark violently — he scampers 
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