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food and water, and appearing very irritable when touched. She 
died in the evening, immediately after drinking a large quantity 
of water which had been offered to her. 
Rabies in the PkoZ/’.—Rabies is ushered in by the same symp- 
toms, and pursues the same course in the wolf as in the dog, 
with this difference only, and one that would be readily suspect- 
ed, that his ferocity and the mischief which he accomplishes are 
much greater. The dog hunts out his own species, and his fury 
is principally directed against them, although, if he meets with 
a flock of sheep, or a herd of cattle, he readily attacks them, 
and bites the greater part of them. He, however, frequently 
turns out of his way to avoid the human being, and seldom 
attacks him without provocation. The wolf, on the contrary, 
although he commits fearful ravages among the sheep and cattle, 
searches out the human being as his favourite prey. He con- 
ceals himself near the entrance of the village, and steals upon 
and wounds every passenger. There are several accounts of 
more than twenty peasants having been bitten by one wolf, and 
there is a fearful history of sixteen persons perishing from the 
bite of one of these animals. This is in perfect agreement 
with the history which I gave of the connexion between the pre- 
vious habits and temper of the rabid dog and the mischief which 
he effects under the influence of this malady. The wolf, as he 
wanders in the forest, regards the human being as his persecutor 
and foe, and in the paroxysm of rabid fury, he is most eager to 
avenge himself on his natural enemy. Strange stories are told 
of the arts to which he has recourse in order to accomplish his 
purpose. In the great majority of cases he steals unawares upon 
his victim, and the mischief is effected before the wood-cutter 
or the villager is conscious of his danger. 
Rabies in the Badger. — Hufeland, in his valuable Journal of 
Practical Medicine, relates a case of a rabid female badger 
attacking two boys. She bit them both, but she fastened on the 
thigh of one of them, and was destroyed in the act of sucking 
his blood. This poor fellow died hydrophobous, but the other 
escaped. This fact certainly gives us no idea of the general 
character of the disease in this animal, but it speaks volumes as 
to his ferocity. 
In the next lecture, I shall describe the post-mortem appear- 
ances of rabies. 
