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before the part was excised ; and as she was bitten very ex¬ 
tensively in several places about her naked arms, I had reason 
to entertain great apprehensions as to the result. The dog was 
examined after death, and the stomach was found to contain 
dirt and rubbish, and exhibited all the phenomena of a dog 
dying rabid; and, as further evidence of it, the animal became 
perfectly paralysed in his hind quarters before he died. This 
was one of those cases, as far as could be ascertained by symptoms 
during life, and examination after death, which shewed that the 
animal died of rabies; and yet not one of the individuals who 
had been so bitten has since suffered from the effects of the dis¬ 
ease. I mention this fact, because it was after an interval of five 
days that the part was removed. I watched the family for up¬ 
wards of two years, and I have heard nothing since. The two 
rabbits were curiously affected, and the result of the inoculation 
certainly tends to throw some doubt on this having been really a 
case of rabies. They were inoculated at the root of the ears, 
and one of the rabbits speedily became inflamed about the ears; 
the ears became paralysed in both the rabbits. They had no 
power of raising them, and the head swelled very much, and ex¬ 
tensive inflammation took place round the part where the virus 
was inserted, and one of the mbits died, but without exhibiting 
any of the usual symptoms of the disease; the other, after a 
long convalescence, survived, and eventually recovered the use 
of his ears. 
Do you not think it probable that the incision was made so 
deep that it would paralyse the ears?—The incisions were[merely 
sufficient to introduce the virus: I mention the circumstance, 
because the appearances were very different from what took place 
in the rabbits that were inoculated from the dog that died at Sir 
John Shelley’s. 
The second rabbit ultimately recovered?—Yes, completely 
recovered, after a long convalescence. In the rabbits that were 
inoculated at Sir John Shelley's, they exhibited all the phenomena 
of rabid animals. They were confined in a place where they 
could procure no rubbish or dirt, and had nothing but clean 
wholesome food given to them ; after their death, their stomachs 
were found full of their own faeces. 
Generally speaking, in the dogs that have died rabid you have 
found pieces of brick, sand, and dirt?—Yes; and it is an im¬ 
portant question to ascertain whether this is to be considered as 
a symptom of the animal having been rabid. I believe a dog 
suffering from distemper will eat rubbish: it is questionable, in 
the instance I first mentioned, where so many persons were bitten 
by the same dog, whether the case was any thing more than 
