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RABIES. 
making a period of thirty hours from the commencement of the 
attack. 
The furious state the animal was in prevented my adopting any 
treatment for its relief. 
Post-mortem, four hours. — Tumefaction to some extent of the 
lips, from contusions; the teeth in superior and inferior maxillary 
bones displaced ; alveolar processes of incisors broken and com- 
minuted, the fractures extending to some distance in the bones ; the 
superior maxillary bone broken across the middle, and involving 
the palate bones and bones of the nose ; these latter were so com- 
minuted, that they resembled more the appearance of being chopped 
with an axe. 
Respiratory Organs. — Glottis thickened; mucous membrane 
covering it highly inflamed, and studded with numerous papillae, 
of a dark red and scarlet colour, and a quantity of mucus ad- 
hering to it. 
The trachea was lined with thick tenacious mucus, frothy, and 
of a pinky colour : on washing this away, the mucous membrane 
was seen highly inflamed at its commencement, being of a dark 
red, the colour gradually shading itself off to the bifurcation of the 
bronchial tubes, where it assumed a pale scarlet colour, and in 
many places it could be easily pulled off with the finger-nail. 
This membrane was spotted throughout its whole extent : at the 
top part, where the inflammation had been most acute, these spots 
had formed patches, which became less and of a lighter colour as 
they were traced downwards, until at the termination of the trachea 
at its bifurcation they presented innumerable minute red points, 
which were continued into and along the bronchial tubes. Pleura 
healthy. Lungs inflamed, particularly the upper lobe of the left, 
and loaded with dark grumous blood. 
Digestive Organs. — The papillae on the base and sides of the 
tongue prominent and enlarged, the latter projecting a considerable 
distance; tongue hard and dry, covered with dry mucus of a dirty 
brown colour. Glands at the base enlarged. The stomach was 
moderately full of food in a partially digested state, which was 
stained of a red colour, from the blood that had been swallowed. 
Small and large intestines perfectly healthy, as well as the liver. 
Organs of Circulation. — The pericardium contained about four 
ounces of fluid. The heart was naturally large, weighed about 
94 lbs., was of a peculiar yellowish-red colour, and its muscular 
structure softened. 
The ventricles contained a small quantity of dark uncoagulated 
blood. 
The blood in both arteries and veins was uncoagulated, and of a 
dark grumous colour. 
