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heard that the men who were bitten were subsequently attacked, 
and therefore conclude that the precautionary measures which 
were taken with regard to them were successful. ” 
In the case which I saw, the animal was quite as much excited 
and disposed to do mischief as in this. His paroxysms of vio- 
lence recurred almost every hour, and could be produced in a 
moment by the sound of falling water, or by a small portion being 
thrown upon the animal. M. Thorel says that the mule turned 
away when the water was presented to him, yet shewing no 
dread of it, but immediately afterwards one of those horrible 
paroxysms of fury came upon him. In the case which I saw, 
the connexion of the two circumstances could not for a moment 
be mistaken. The forced gulping effort with which the swallow- 
ing of a small portion was effected, and the strange and frightful 
contraction of the muscles of the face and the expression of the 
countenance, I shall never forget. 
ACUTE GLANDERS FOLLOWING THE BITE OF A 
RABID DOG. 
By M. Damalix, M.V., 2d Reg. of Dragoons. 
In the beginning of last July there was a report at Neuf-Bri- 
sac that a mad dog was traversing that part of the country, 
and had already bitten several men and animals. On the 8th of 
the same month, at five o’clock in the morning, a poulterer of 
Wolffckansheim, was travelling to Colmar, when he was attacked 
by this dog, which, not being able to leap into the cart and fall 
upon the master, bit the horse in the left jaw, and then fled pre- 
cipitately. The poulterer, sadly frightened, ran back to the vil- 
lage, half a mile distant, and summoned some of his neighbours, 
who assisted him in leading the horse home. 
There were two wounds on the convex surface of the left jaw, 
both of them penetrating the alveolo-labial (buccinator) muscle, 
near the interdentary spaces and the masseter. The buccal 
membrane was perforated, and one of the branches of the glos- 
so-facialis lacerated, causing considerable hemorrhage. After 
having excised several portions of the torn integument, I applied 
the cautery very deeply, thus arresting the hemorrhage, and 
attempting to destroy the surface that had come in contact with 
the empoisoned tooth of the dog. The horse was afterwards 
physicked, and the wounds properly dressed ; and on the 20th 
the wounds were healed, and the horse sent to his accustomed 
work. 
