OF A DOG SUPPOSED TO RE RABID. 
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hanging his tail, holding his mouth open, the tongue parched, 
the eye dim and sunk, and breathing with difficulty. It should 
be mentioned that, among the first symptoms observed in the 
dog, was a continued barking during the night, whilst sitting in 
one place, and without apparent object. The dog soon became 
very ill-tempered and sulky, snapping at any object held before 
him; the snap being succeeded by a short howl which was pecu¬ 
liar in its character, and what those in the neighbourhood, who 
were most accustomed to dogs, considered to be constantly heard 
in cases of rabies*. 
The do£ was examined after death, but no one accustomed to 
dissection was present. The only appearance much remarked, 
was described as a large quantity of blood in the stomach. The 
windpipe was reported to be in a natural stateT* 
The bite was received on Thursday, the 18th ; the bitten 
part was cut out on Sunday, the 21st, by Mr. Webb, of Al- 
cester. The man complained a little of illness, but not much 
until Sunday, the 28th. In the mean time, and before the 
excision of the part, the finger which had been bitten was 
stung by a wasp. On the morning of the 28th, he felt an 
unusual sensation whilst cleaning knives, the shining of which 
produced a disagreeable feeling, and soon after he began to com¬ 
plain of his throat, and he could not swallow his breakfast: he 
had no aversion to swallowing, except on account of the pain the 
attempt to do so caused him. In the evening of that day, he 
was observed to be delirious : attempts to swallow, or to expec¬ 
torate, brought on convulsive agitation ; and he threw himself 
about so violently, that two or three people, uniting their 
strength, had some difficulty in holding him. Mr. Webb was 
now sent for, and found the patient in a state in which the at¬ 
tempt to swallow, or any attempt of another person to touch his 
throat, or to press his stomach or abdomen, produced something 
approaching to a convulsion. 
* In a very interesting demonstration of the effects of the poison of hydro¬ 
phobia on the structure of the lower animals, at which, through the kindness 
of Mr. Youatt, I was fortunate enough to be present, it was, I remember, 
stated by that gentleman, that the howl of a dog affected with rallies rises a 
third or a fifth at its close, and is considered pathognomonic of the malady. 
f In Mr. Youatt’s description of the post-mortem appearances in the dog, 
it is stated that “ the oesophagus is rarely affected ; the stomach invariably. 
There is much vascularity and redness ; in some cases confined to the rugae, 
and not much exceeding tin' blush upon the healthy stomach during diges¬ 
tion, but more frequently descending between the rugae, arid occupying a 
considerable portion of the mucous coat.” It is further stated that there is 
never any haemorrhage in the stomach, although a fluid, resembling the 
deepest chocolate mixed with olive, or dark, like coffee, is often found.— 
Youatt on Canine Madness, London, 1830 . 
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