A CASK OF RABIES IN THE DOG. 
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He struggled most violently against the first dose; and when a 
portion of it, certainly not half, was got into his mouth, the 
attempt to swallow it produced convulsion of the whole frame ; 
the eyes were distorted, and every limb was stretched out like 
the last struggle of expiring life. Being forcibly held, and 
unable to get it from his mouth, he, after . the expiration of half 
a minute, swallowed it; but the gulp was peculiarly loud and 
violent. Being liberated, he fell on his side exhausted, and 
dreadfully panting. After the lapse of five minutes he came a 
little to himself, and crept to the farther part of his bed, gazing 
intently upon me, suspiciously watching every motion, but faintly 
wagging his tail, and offering his paw when spoken to. 
Our after-attempts to force him with the liquid were even less 
successful than the first. His resistance was most determined. 
He never, indeed, attempted to harm either me or my assistant; 
but he seized the butter-boat, which we first used and crushed it 
to pieces; and he attempted to catch at the spoon which was 
then substituted. We could not contrive to get more than a 
third or fourth part into his mouth: that we retained there by 
forcibly holding up his head; but the spasm at the attempt to 
swallow became more and more horrible, and the exhaustion 
more complete at each attempt I would not pursue the ex¬ 
periment, except to exhibit to a few medical gentlemen this 
unusual similarity to the characteristic symptom of rabies in the 
human being. At the suggestion of one of them, I substituted 
water for the decoction, when the effect was precisely the same. 
Every symptom rapidly increased; the eyes became red, with 
the expression of anxious wildness; the choaking noise in respi¬ 
ration was greater; the heaving at the flanks became every hour 
more laborious, and was aggravated with every alarm, and almost 
at every motion ; the lower jaw hung down more, and the tongue 
protruded discoloured. He frequently approached the water, 
and gazed wishfully upon it, and then retreated, and returned 
again to it. His strength rapidly wasted ; and, on the morning 
of the 
21s£.—He reeled as he walked, and in the early part of the 
afternoon was unable to stand. I forced the medicine once more 
upon him, when the effect was similar in character, but the spasm 
not so violent. He still knew me, and even when he could not 
rise faintly wagged his tail, and after many an effort gave me 
his paw. He frequently looked at the water, which induced me 
to put it close to him; but, although he still frequently looked 
at it, he made no attempt to drink. A pan of clean water was 
placed beside him the last thing at night, more than a pint of 
which was gone in the morning, and the poor fellow was dead. 
