ANIMAL PATHOLOGY. 
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It was nearly dark when 1 went. I saw the horrible glare of 
her eyes, but I could not see so much of her as I wished, and 
I said that I would call again in the morning. I examined 
the hands and faces of the children, and somewhat lightened the 
heart of the anxious mother, and departed. 
I found the patient on the following day precisely in the same 
situation and the same attitude, crouched up in a corner, and 
ready to spring upon her victim. I was very much interested 
in the case, on account of the parentage of the children ; and, 
besides, I wanted to study the countenance of this demon, for 
she looked like one, and I was foolishly, inexcusably, imprudent. 
I went on my hands and knees, and I brought my face nearly 
on a level with her’s, and I gazed on those glaring eyes, and that 
horrible countenance, till I seemed to feel the deathy influence 
of a spell stealing over me : I was not afraid — but every mental 
and bodily power was in a manner suspended. My countenance, 
perhaps, alarmed her, for she sprung on me, she fastened herself 
on my face, and she bit through both my lips. She then darted 
down stairs, and, I believe, was never seen again. I always 
have nitrate of silver in my pocket, even now : I washed my- 
self — I applied the caustic with some severity to the wound, and 
my medical adviser and valued friend punished me still more 
after I got home. My object was attained, although at some- 
what too much cost ; for the expression of that brute’s counte- 
nance will never be forgotten. 
The later symptoms of rabies in this animal no human being, 
perhaps, has had the opportunity of observing. We witness 
only the sullenness and the ferocity. 
Rabies in the Rabbit . — I very much regret that I never insti- 
tuted a course of experiments on the production and treatment 
of rabies in this animal. It would have been attended with 
little expense or danger, and some important discoveries might 
have been made. Even at this late period of life, I should not, 
perhaps, be reluctant to associate myself with one or more gentle- 
men in such a pursuit. Mr. Earle, in a case in which he was 
much interested, inoculated two rabbits with the saliva ot a dog 
that had died rabid. They were inoculated at the root of the 
ears. One of the rabbits speedily became inflamed about the 
ears, and the ears were paralyzed in both rabbits. The head 
swelled very much, and extensive inflammation took place 
around the part where the virus was inserted. One ol them died 
without exhibiting any of the usual symptoms of the disease; 
the other, after a long convalescence, survived, and eventually re- 
covered the use of his ears. Mr. Earle very properly doubted 
