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Death ensues about the fifth day. The appearances on dis¬ 
section resemble those in the ox. 
In swine the character of the disease is as uncertain as it is 
in the dog. Some are exceedingly ferocious, runing at every 
person, gnawing and shaking their troughs, dashing them¬ 
selves against the wall, or endeavouring to spring over it. 
Others content themselves with harmless and ludicrous antics. 
They snuff' the air and gallop round and round, uttering a. 
strange and shrill squeak. Generally however they are quiet ; 
they refuse their food, are eager for w^ater, stagger when they 
attempt to rise, become paralytic, and die about the fourth or 
fifth day. No hydrophobia. 
In the ox, sheep, and swine there is occasionally not so 
mari<.ed, but sufficiently evident, the peculiar delirium by which 
rabies is characterized in the dog. 
After death there is usually inflammation about the glottis ; 
uniformly considerable inflammation of the stomach, and but 
little or scarcely distinguishable of the membranes of the me¬ 
dulla oblongata. . 
I have never seen a rabid cat, but I understand that it is a 
most dangerous animal. It will not attack the human being 
or the quadruped without provocation; but it is exceedingly 
irritable, and,'at the slightest offence, will seize the hand, or 
dart at the throat, and use both nails and teeth with dreadful 
effect. 
To make our subject complete I will briefly state the usual 
symptoms in the human being. 
Pain in the bitten part is an early symptom in very many 
cases. To this succeed lassitude, fever, anxiety, irritabi¬ 
lity, horror at the sight of water, and the attempt to drink it 
accompanied by dreadful spasms. A strong inspiration, without 
the sight, or even thought of fluids, will generally produce the 
same spasm. 
The irritability increases and becomes excessive. The poor 
sufferer cannot bear the least motion around him, or the slightest 
wind to blow upon him. There is an inordinate and irregular 
and perverted action of the voluntary muscles. Every motion 
is performed with a hurried start, and uncertainty of effect. 
The eyes roll unconsciously in search of some imaginary object. 
A delirium comes on different from that which accompanies any 
other disease. The patient fancies that he is surrounded by 
persons far distant from him. He converses with them of 
things long gone by; or he abuses them with the most violent 
gesticulation; but in a moment, with a word, he is recalled 
to himseif. The next minute he wanders again. He occa- 
