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RABIES IN THE COW AND DOMESTIC FOWL. 
same tint: in parts it was putrid. The pericardium was full of 
a dark-coloured fluid. The cavities of the heart were distended 
with dark grumous blood. The diaphragm and stomach were 
healthy. The liver was small, pale, and shrivelled. No bile was 
perceivable in the small intestines. The spleen was very dark, 
flabby, and full of grumous blood. The kidneys were in a putrid 
state. The rest of the abdominal viscera appeared healthy. 
Mr. King was desirous of trying an experiment with the saliva 
of this cow, and, accordingly, in one of the attempts she made to 
leap over the barricade, her head projecting over it, he succeeded 
in obtaining on his hands an immense volume of foam which was 
discharged from her mouth. He had made two incisions under 
the wings of a common barn-door hen, quite through the integu¬ 
ment, the lancet scratching the muscular part. The foam im¬ 
mediately taken from the cow’s mouth was inserted, by rubbing it, 
into these cuts. The fowl was confined in a basket, her head 
projecting through an aperture; she was secured in such a 
manner as to prevent her from pecking at the incisions; and thus 
the bird was sent to Dowry Square, in Dr. Beddoes’ carriage. 
The next day this fowl was let loose, among others, in a poultry- 
yard at Mr. King’s residence. On examining it from time to 
time, the incisions were found to be soon healed, and their place 
could with difficulty be discovered. The habits of this fowl ap¬ 
peared to be exactly like those of the rest. On the 25th May, 
however, she was observed to run at the other fowls, and she 
refused her food. She had a wild, strange expression, and her 
eyes were blood-shot. Early in the following day, her legs became 
contracted, so that she very soon lost the power of standing 
upright. She remained sitting, with the legs rigid, a long time, 
refusing food and water, and appearing very irritable when touched. 
She died in the evening, immediately after readily drinking a large 
quantity of water, which had been offered to her. 
Early on the morning of the 27th of May, this fowl was examined 
by Dr. Macartney. The inoculated parts appeared recently in¬ 
flamed. There was great vascularity about the cicatrices, which 
exhibited three small tumours, each about the size and shape of a 
compressed pea, the vessels of which were turgid with blood. 
At the time of the inoculation, Mr. King observed no injected ap¬ 
pearance about the parts, nor was such apparent when the bird 
had been examined at any subsequent period. The trachea and 
oesophagus were considerably inflamed, and the vessels of the 
brain were distended with hlood.--London Med. Gaz. Jinie 7,1828. 
