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A CASE OF RABIES IN THE HORSE. 
In the morning he shewed the same disposition—rolled him¬ 
self on his litter, and uttered the most frightful cries. A vete¬ 
rinary surgeon was sent for, who gave him a drink composed of 
two ounces of aloes, and some mucilaginous injections, thinking 
that he laboured under stomach staggers. 
On the following day all these symptoms were aggravated, 
and the veterinary attendant thought that he was affected with 
phrensy rather than indigestion; and, placing him in another 
stable, he practised two copious bleedings during the day, and 
inserted two sctons in the chest, and the same number in the 
thio^hs. 
The violence of the symptoms rapidly increased—the animal 
bit himself every moment, tore the setons from his chest, and 
rolled about, and rushed at every one whom he saw. At length 
he broke his halter, and was loose in the stable, from which every 
one hastily escaped. 
On the fourth day he continued to eat and drink, and even with 
avidity. His groom, entering the stable, offered him water; he 
drank nearly two pailsful, and made no attempt to bite him. It 
was not, however, thought prudent for any one to go near him 
afterwards, and his food was thrown to him through an opening 
over the door, and a bucket was likewise suspended from the 
door, and supplied with water by means of a copper tube. As 
soon as he heard the water falling into the pail, he fell into vio¬ 
lent convulsions, seized the tube, and crushed it to pieces. 
On the fifth day he was covered with sweat, his eyes glared, 
he continually shook his head, furiously bit the right side of his 
chest, plunged about, and sighed deeply every moment. He 
foamed a little at the mouth : when the water in his bucket was 
agitated, he was seized with violent convulsions. He would 
occasionally approach the bucket as if he wished to drink, and 
then, after agitating the water for some instants, he would fall on 
his litter, uttering a hoarse cry; but he would rise again almost 
immediately. These symptoms were dreadfully increased if 
water was thrown upon his head, and he would endeavour to 
seize it as it fell. This continued until the next day with little 
change, when he died in violent convulsions. 
On examining him after death the muscles were found to be 
discoloured and softened ; they were easily torn, and much black 
coagulated blood was found in the intermuscular cellular texture. 
The subcutaneous cellular tissue was in many points infiltrated 
by a blood-coloured serosity resembling jelly, which was particu¬ 
larly evident about the larynx. This was also seen in the lami- 
nous tissue along the dorso-lumbar portion of the spine; and it 
