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to be inflamed ; the gullet was full of straw. In the stomach was 
a quantity of glutinous dingy-looking mucus, and in the intestinal 
canal a hard ball of hair, two inches in circumference. 
On the 6th of May, 1837, a seven-year old black mare, belonging 
to Jacob S-, of Mechringen, was attacked by a fox, supposed 
to be rabid, and bitten on the upper lip, while standing in a field 
yoked to a dung-cart. The wound was about two inches long, but 
superficial. It was immediately examined, and washed with a mix¬ 
ture of sal-ammoniac and vinegar. 
On the 8th, Herr Grebner was requested to see her. He found 
her lively, and with good appetite : the wound was neither inflamed 
nor swollen. He ordered it to be dressed with cantharides ointment, 
which caused some slight swelling; and, on the 12th, a healthy 
suppuration was going on. The mare was daily attended, and con¬ 
tinued apparently in a state of perfect health, so that, at the com¬ 
mencement of June, Herr Grebner deemed it no longer necessary 
to continue the suppurative process, and sent word to the owner 
that the mare might return home. Some delay, however, occurred 
in fetching her; and on the 19th of June, without any apparent 
cause, the animal refused her food; had an anxious expression of 
the countenance; shook her head frequently; her eyes became in¬ 
flamed, and with a yellow tinge ; her gums were very red, and her 
mouth dry. The pulse was calm and uniform. Some blood was 
taken, and a cooling purgative drink administered, combined with 
emetic tartar; and this was followed up by clysters. 
On the morning of the 20th, the countenance was much more 
anxious; there was an evident uneasiness about some part of the 
head ; the eyes were staring, and the muscles of the face quiver¬ 
ing ; the ears were in continual motion, but she was not violent or 
vicious. The breathing was short, and the pulse slightly accele¬ 
rated, small, and hard. On leading her into the open air she seemed 
uneasy; she looked anxiously about her, and pressed forwards. On 
being loosened, she trotted off, as if remaining in one place was irk¬ 
some to her. The eyes and mouth became more inflamed. A second 
bleeding was practised. The blood flowed slowly, and was very 
dark. 
In the afternoon of the same day, the restlessness increasing, the 
patient was turned into a spacious loose box, where she continued 
to pace uneasily round and round, shaking her head, and her eyes 
protruding from their sockets, until towards the evening, when she 
suddenly dropped as if she had been shot, and there lay quite calm 
and motionless. The breathing and the pulse became calmer, although 
the latter still remained small and intermittent: all consciousness 
seemed to be suspended. The sensibility of the head and throat 
was much diminished, and was altogether suspended in the other 
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