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CASES OF RABIES IN THE COW AND THE 
DOMESTIC FOWL. 
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By J. Ashburner, M.D. 
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ON the 12th March, 1807, Dr. Beddoes and Dr. Stock ac¬ 
companied Mr. King to the village of Weston, near Bath, for the 
purpose of seeing a rabid cow, that was shut up in a barn at Far¬ 
mer Wintle’s. They obseiwed the animal from an open window 
above its reach, and opposite to them was a strong barricade, 
about seven feet high, which divided that part from the rest of 
the barn. The space of the floor thus partitioned, in which the 
cow was placed, was about 20 feet by 14. She was excessively 
furious, and bellowed very loud; frequently attempted to leap 
over the bar, and several times nearly succeeded. Sometimes she 
ran with violence against the wall, and fell down in convulsions. 
A wooden block was let down from the window, at which she ran 
with great fury, and tossed it about. A bucket of water was 
similarly let down, but before it came to the ground she plunged 
at it and overturned it. Upon the water being splashed about, 
she fell into violent convulsions. Her eyes were much blood-shot. 
' Mr. King observed her for-about two hours, and at one time 
she was seen attempting to eat a little hay; but it was soon Vo¬ 
mited again, and she then voided a small quantity of black hard 
dung, to which she turned round, and in a short time ate it up. 
Farmer Wintle informed Mr. King, that about two months 
before several rabid dogs had passed through the field in which 
his cow was placed, but they had not been observed to bite her. 
She had calved about a month before this time. It was on the 
8th of March that she had been perceived to be different from her 
usual way. In the evening she was very unruly, and frightened 
the woman who went to milk her. On the following morning she 
quietly submitted to be milked: in the evening of that day she 
foamed at the mouth, ran about in a veiy wild manner, and 
rushed at people with her mouth open, as if to bite. She was 
then confined in the barn. 
This cow died on the night of the 12th March, and on the 14th 
was brought to Mr. King’s House, in Dowry Square, where he 
dissected it on the 15th. The brain and spinal marrow were 
very soft: they were not at all inflamed : the tongue, as far as 
the root, was natural. The whole surface of the fauces, pharynx, 
laiynx, and mucous membrane of the trachea, was of a dark colour, 
and in appearance resembled brownish ciimson velvet. The 
pleura costalis, to within two ribs of the diaphragm, was of the 
