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ON RABIES IN THE HORSE. 
By Mr. E. A. Friend, Walsall. 
Your lectures on Rabies, which have just appeared, bring to 
my mind a case that occurred in my practice some years ago, 
that perhaps never was exceeded for intensity. My patient was 
a powerful waggon-horse belonging to Mr. Robinson, of Ailing- 
ton, near Grantham, Lincolnshire. I was sent for about nine 
o’clock, a.m., and was told that the horse was fetched from 
grass with the others in the morning, and that for some time no- 
thing particular was discovered the matter with him, but that 
now he was furiously mad. On arriving at the place, and 
making particular inquiries, I found that he had fed that morn- 
ing very well, and was put to work between two others. The 
first untoward symptom they discovered was, that, when taken 
from the cart whilst it was unloading, he began to fly at the 
other horse, and to bite at him savagely. When again put to 
and proceeding along the road, he was observed to be constantly 
springing at the fore-horse, and endeavouring to worry him. In 
a very short time he seized the crupper of the fore-horse, and bit 
it completely in two. This must have required most extraor- 
dinary power to accomplish ; for though I call it a crupper, yet 
they do not use them there as such — they are turned back in- 
stead of going under the tail. This was four inches broad, and 
very thick and tough withal, and it would have required a pow- 
erful stroke with a heavy axe to have divided it. In fact, if 
asked my opinion on the subject, I should have said that it was 
perfectly impossible for a horse to sever it with his teeth at 
one bite. 
When I first saw him, they had taken off part of the harness, 
leaving the chain halter, the winker bridle, and the collar on : 
fortunately they had not dared to remove these. He was fast- 
ened by the chain halter to a strong ring in the manger-post, 
and, greatly to my surprize, he was perfectly obedient to the 
voice of the waggoner, when told to go to the near or off side, 
and this he instantly did to the full extent of his chain. Pre- 
suming too much upon this obedience, I requested the wag- 
goner to lead him out of the stable in which he was tied into the 
yard. He did bring him round for me, though very much against 
his own opinion as to the wisdom of the measure ; and as soon 
as the horse discovered myself and those who were with me, his 
fury was dreadful, and I have no doubt but that some of us owe 
our safety on that occasion to the winker bridle, and the good 
government under which he had previously been. As soon as 
