470 THE POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION OF A RABID OX. 
riorly, and at the lumbar region. The roots of the nerves pro¬ 
ceeding from the spinal chord seemed to be softened, but were 
not discoloured. The ganglions of the superior roots were red 
externally, but possessed their ordinary grey appearance within. 
These lesions reduce themselves to those which indicate irrita¬ 
tion of the mouth and the pharynx; the grey tint of the fourth 
stomach ; the sub-mucous emphysema of the stomach, intestines, 
and pancreas; the contraction of the bladder ; the interlobulary 
emphysema of the lungs; the irritation of the pericardium, the 
heart, and great vessels; that of the tunica arachnoidea of the 
spinal chord ; the injection of some parts of the brain, and the 
softening of the spinal marrow. Can we by these morbid ap¬ 
pearances recognize rabies ? Could w r e say that the animal died 
mad? Pathological anatomy is far from this degree of certainty, 
but it is the object towards which it ought to be directed. 
All these lesions are not of equal importance, nor do they 
equally shew that the ox was rabid. Those of the mouth, and 
the pharynx, and the circulatory system, and the brain, most de¬ 
serve attention; although we must not pass over in silence the 
extreme contraction of the bladder. 
The disease, during life, was characterised byall the symptoms 
of rabies. The ox had been bitten by a rabid dog. In process 
of time it began to cease to ruminate and to eat; then it shewed 
dread of water; and afterwards became furious and ran at every 
one within its reach. A viscid saliva ran from its mouth; its 
eyes had a peculiarly dazzling appearance. It endeavoured to but 
at every thing within its reach; and the sight of a dog excited 
it to the highest degree of fury. All these symptoms were ac¬ 
companied by a frightful bellowing, as if some ferocious animal 
were tearing him to pieces. 
Although this account is exceedingly unsatisfactory in many 
particulars, we give it insertion, because it adds one to the very 
few detailed accounts of rabies in the ox. The existence of 
hydrophobia in this animal is singular. We have seen some¬ 
thing like it more than once in the horse, and once only in the 
dog.— Edit. 
An Account of the attempt to introduce the 
English Breeds of Hogs into France. 
[Annales cVAgriciilture Fran^aise, No. 29 .] 
The young pigs which I first attempted to rear were of the 
large Shropshire breed, and almost all white. They were large- 
