ON RABIES CANINA. 
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but not so often; still occasionally watching some imaginary 
object, but turned from a stick presented to him, and at which he 
yesterday eagerly snapped; sensible to caresses \ ate heartily, 
V. S. 2jiiij. 
13th .—Much improved in the morning. Ate and drank heartily, 
and was perfectly gentle and tractable; but towards evening, the 
closing of the eyes and drooping of the head, and watching of 
that which had no existence, were more marked than ever ; toge¬ 
ther with a spasmodic affection of the head,—a peculiar husky, 
guttural sound,—hiding of his meat, and lapping of his urine.— 
Should not the bleeding have been pursued ? 
14 ill .—I arose with the dawn, and found every symptom in¬ 
creased. I opened the carotid artery, and drew five ounces of 
blood. The dog fainted. He could not be induced to move 
during the whole of the day, and refused to eat or to drink; 
indeed, he took no notice of surrounding objects, except that after 
being repeatedly called he faintly wagged his tail. He barked 
two or three times almost in his natural tone towards evening, 
and died in the night. 
Many years after the transfusion of blood was much spoken of, 
Mr. Mayo very kindly called on me and conducted an experiment 
on a rabid dog. It was a white terrier, brought from the country, 
and of which no previous history could be obtained, except that 
he had been “queer” for two or three days. The lower jaw was 
almost completely paralyzed; the tongue was hanging out; the 
dog was eager for water, but could not drink • there was slight 
strabismus, and on one eye was a green opacity. 
In two hours after he was admitted, a grating, choaking sound 
accompanied his breathing, and he began to fight furiously with 
his paws at the corners of his mouth, as if he would get rid of 
something which insufferably annoyed him, and in the attempt to 
do this he frequently rolled over and over. He was continually 
shifting his posture, and was perfectly harmless. Seven ounces 
of blood were taken from the jugular, and an attempt made to 
inject an equal portion of warm water. The dog struggled vio¬ 
lently, and full seven ounces more of blood were lost, and perhaps 
nearly as much warm water injected. During the process of in¬ 
jection the dog heaved convulsively, and was very sick. 
A difficulty of breathing, painful to behold, ensued; and to 
relieve this, and as another interesting experiment, the anterior 
portion of the third ring of the trachea was removed. 
On being liberated, the animal seemed very weak, but the diffi¬ 
culty of breathing was aggravated, and the choaking sound 
remained. He sat on his haunches, leaning against the wall, his 
fore paws continually slipping from under him. 1 watched him 
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