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distress — the throat becomes tender, and the jaws are spasmodically 
dilated — the buccal membrane, thus brought into continual contact 
with the air, becomes dry, and of a brown colour — the patient ex- 
periences, every moment, singular nervous tremblings — is very 
accessible to cold ; has great difficulty in swallowing even liquid, 
although he eagerly and incessantly seeks for it. Every one 
knows that in this form of the disease, as well as that which is 
termed furious madness, a cure, whether spontaneous or effected 
by the aid of art, is exceedingly rare. In the course of this year, 
however, we have had the opportunity of witnessing two instances 
of cure — one in a dog belonging to an officer of the garrison, and 
the other in one belonging to an inhabitant of Lyons. No reme- 
dial means were used with regard to the first : the other was bled 
in one of the saphenas, and an obstinate constipation was removed 
by the use of emollient injections. 
Two monodactyles — a horse and an ass — died in our hospital in 
consequence of rabies communicated by the bite of a dog. It was 
not known in what part the second of these animals was bitten : 
the first was wounded in the lip. He was brought to our infirmary 
on the 7th of June, was severely cauterized with the red-hot iron, 
and then placed under surveillance until his death, which occurred 
on the 20th of July, forty-four days after the bite. The wounds 
inflicted by the cautery were healed on the fifteenth day, and the 
animal appeared in excellent health until the 17th of July. 
Beginning to reckon from this day, there was a melancholy 
expression of the countenance — the head was depressed, and the 
appetite began to fail. We thought, at first, that there was some 
intestinal affection, and we placed him on a restricted diet, and 
ordered that aperient injections should be administered. Towards 
evening he hung back from his manger, and had a staggering gait, 
referrible to his hind limbs. He lay down during the night. 
On the following morning it was impossible to get him up. His 
loins were evidently tender — he had palsy, but sensation remained, 
for he shrunk when he was touched with the point of a lancet. 
On the next day, he endeavoured to bite the pupil who had the 
care of him. He would not suffer any one to approach him without 
attempting to seize them. He did not exhibit any dread of water, 
and died on the 20th of July, without any considerable nervous 
agitation. 
The carcass was examined seven or eight hours after death. 
There was a vivid redness of the mucous membrane of the right 
sac of the stomach, which contained only a few small parcels of 
food. There was a similar redness in different parts of the small 
intestines. The other abdominal viscera were in a healthy state, 
as were those of the thorax. The brain was of its ordinary con- 
