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the domesticated animals are subject ; — but they could not force 
upon him a drop of the medicament. The moment he was 
loosened from the cord with which they had raised his head, he 
darted on the men, and bit all three of them — one in the thumb, 
another in the hand, and the third in the arm. 
“ He then remained tranquil for the space of two hours, when 
he was seized with a second paroxysm, and attacked two mules 
which stood one on each side of him (for no one had suspected the 
real nature of the disease), and he bit them on the shoulders, on 
the breast, and on the fore legs. He had several other parox- 
ysms during the day. 
** I was called in,” says M. Thorel, the veterinary surgeon who 
relates the case, “on the morning of the 24th. On entering the 
stable I found him trembling all over, and with his eyes red and 
glaring. On passing my hand under his neck, and pressing on 
the trachea and oesophagus, I found a sudden spasmodic con- 
traction of these parts and the neighbouring muscles, as if the 
pressure of my hand had given pain. I offered him some water : 
he turned away his head, but without any expression of horror. 
He immediately however became most dreadfully excited ; he bit 
his manger — he tore down the sticks of his rack — he fell — he 
immediately leaped up again — he breathed with difficulty — he 
trembled in every limb — his coat stood on end, and then he fell in 
one universal convulsion. That, however, presently ceased, and 
he arose, and dashed round the stable, kicking in every direction. 
He did not void any dung, but he was covered with a cold per- 
spiration : he uttered the most dreadful cries every moment; he 
darted at those who stood at the window of the stable. He 
became more and more agitated, and at length he fell once more 
with a groan that seemed to announce the departure of life. 
“On the 25th, in the morning, he was still more dreadfully 
excited ; and in addition to the symptoms already described, there 
was a discharge of bloody spume from his nostrils, and his mouth 
was covered with foam. In one of these paroxysms he died. 
“ On comparing all these symptoms, I could have no doubt that 
it was a case of rabies. I ordered the mule to be buried at the 
prescribed depth. The sanitary laws require that every animal 
that dies of a contagious disease shall be buried at a certain 
depth. I then advised those who had been bitten to go to Mont- 
pelier, where they would be properly treated ; and I wished that the 
mules should be preserved, in order that we might see what would 
be the result ; but so great was the terror of the inhabitants of 
that and the neighbouring villages, that the intendant of the 
province ordered that they should be destroyed. I have never 
