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ANIMAL PATHOLOGY. 
llis strength rapidly wastes after the first two days have 
passed ; but the state which succeeds varies materially in dif- 
ferent animals. The ewes, and especially those that have milk 
in their teats, become paralytic. They first find some wall or 
tree, against which they push their heads, thus supporting the 
principal part of their weight. They push against a hedge until 
they have bored their way through it — they fall on their knees, 
and rest their muzzle upon the ground. Almost universal palsy 
is then not far distant. 
With wethers the case is different. They have the same stu- 
por — they, too, press their heads, and support their weight against 
some object that lies in their way ; but to this succeed convul- 
sions, sometimes confined to particular limbs, and at other times 
extending over the whole frame. The palsy and the occasional 
convulsions last from twenty-four to thirty-six hours. The bleat- 
ing, and particularly of the lambs, during the latter stages of 
the disease, is exceedingly plaintive. 
Rabies in Swine . — The symptoms of rabies in the hog are pe- 
culiarly interesting from the near resemblance of many of them 
to those of the human being. There is previous dulness and 
indisposition, and the pig is continually employed in licking or 
rubbing the bitten part. I dare not say that dread of water next 
follows ; but in one of the cases recorded by Mr. Gilman, and 
still more decidedly in one that I saw, the animal went to the 
trough, and smelled at the food, and brought his nose nearly in 
contact with it, and then he started back, and pointed his muz- 
zle in the air, and trembled violently from head to foot. In an 
after-stage, he will, perhaps, attempt to take pieces of meat and 
vegetable from the wash ; but he sets to work with a great deal 
of caution, and the attempt is always accompanied or followed 
by a universal rigor, during which the parcel of food drops 
again from his mouth. In a still later stage of the disease this 
caution is no longer observed. The animal will make repeated 
attempts to drink, but will be unable to accomplish its purpose. 
There is affection of the organs of deglutition, but no dread of 
the fluid. 
There is the same dread of imaginary or of real objects, and 
the patient buries himself as much as possible in his litter. 
There is, combined with this, increased sensibility of the skin, 
for the poor animal will squeal as if he were being murdered if 
any one touches or even approaches him. He will scream with 
agony if the mother attempts to lick it. If any sudden noise is 
made, it springs threfc or four feet high, dashes itself against 
the wall or the roof of its stye, and then falls into horrible 
convulsions. 
