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CASK OF RABIES IN THE HORSE. 
lacerated,as well as the large ligament running from the os calcis 
to the ossa metatarsi i the external small metatarsal bone was 
torn from the large throughout nearly its whole extent, am 1 
about half an inch of the superior part of the os metatarsi in¬ 
ternum was fractured transversely. 
Winchester, April 19th. 
A CASE OF RABIES IN THE HORSE. 
By Mr. C. Marshall, V.S., London. 
On Thursday evening, the 17th of April, 1834, a message 
Was sent to me late in the evening by Mr. Reynolds (the owner 
of the animal), that the old horse was very ill, and had some¬ 
thing sticking in his throat. I was from home, and could not 
attend until Friday morning about seven o’clock. I found the 
horse foaming, breathing very laboriously, his tail eiect, scream¬ 
ing dreadfully at short intervals, striking the ground with his 
fore feet, and perspiring most profusely. He would get into 
the manger, and strike his head against the wall, cringing and 
drawing himself up as though there was some obstiuction in 
the oesophagus. He was continually biting the top of the stall, 
and when I approached him he tried to run at me, I considered 
him to be rabid, and advised Mr. Reynolds to have him destroyed. 
The pistols were got ready for his destruction; but before we 
could use them he broke the top of the manger, and came out 
of the stall with it hanging to the halter. He made imme¬ 
diately towards us, but, as we succeeded in getting out of his 
way, he turned into the next stall, and died instantly. 
I inquired if they had any idea of his having been bitten by 
a dog, but they had not; I also inquired if they had noticed 
any thing unusual about the horse previously to the attack. 
They informed me that his spirits had been better than usual; 
that he appeared stronger, and that a lameness under which he 
laboured had left him for three or four days. He was at work 
within four hours of his seizure. 
I examined him immediately after death, and found the upper 
and back part of his tongue, epiglottis, and the membrane lining 
the windpipe, in a high state of inflammation; the lungs also 
much gorged with blood. The brain, stomach, and every part 
of the viscera, were in perfect health. 
