ON RABIES. 
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On the next day or the day following that, the man-servant 
threw the entrails of a sheep to the pigs, all of which came and 
fed upon the bowels except the two pigs that had been bitten in 
the nose by the dog. One of these was found dead in the litter, 
with a quantity of froth and slaver about his mouth; the 
other, in coming out of his bed into the air, immediately jumped 
up on all four legs like the bound of a deer, a yard, at least, 
from the ground, and threw from his mouth a portion of a 
thick slaver and froth, and refused to join the others in feeding. 
He was placed again in the sty ; he was much convulsed ; he 
made a shrill squeaking noise ; his mouth, filled with saliva and 
mucus, was held continually open about half a inch, except when 
champing hisunder jaw, which he frequently did with considerable 
twitching of the superficial muscles, lie refused to eat or drink, 
gradually got worse, and died on the third day. 
Three weeks exactly from the day on which the dog was killed, 
one of the other pigs was taken ill. The symptoms were much 
the same as in the previous case. The effect of water was tried 
on this pig; some of which being thrown upon him, caused him 
considerable distress : he leaped into the air, and dashed his head 
against the wall with considerable violence. He appeared quite 
delirious, and died on the second day. In a few days more, 
another pig was attacked. The symptoms were similar to those of 
the others, but much more violent; and he died twenty-four 
hours afterwards, nothing having been done to him that could 
disturb him. None of the pigs ate or drank any thing after they 
were taken ill. 
On Friday, February 5th, 1836, Mr. S. requested my attend- 
ance to examine and give my opinion on a cow, eight months 
gone in calf, that had been taken ill on the previous day, and 
was suspected to be rabid, although no one knew that she had 
been bitten ; but she was in the yard when the pigs were bitten 
by the dog. 
I was informed, that the first symptoms observed in this cow, 
hitherto a good-natured, quiet creature, and fond of having her poll 
rubbed, was an inclination to run at the other cows, dashing at 
the man who went to throw her a cabbage, and then bellowing in 
an extraordinary manner. She was with great difficulty driven 
into an inclosed yard, where she had plenty of room, but could do 
no mischief, and there she awaited my arrival on the next morning. 
I first observed that she had fixed on one spot as being most 
agreeable to her, and, if excited to leave it, she immediately returned 
to it after the paroxysm of rage had passed. She dashed herself 
about, and raged and bellowed in a remarkable way whenever 
any thing was presented to her over the wall where she stood. 
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