THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. XI, No. 122.] FEBRUARY 1838. [New Series,No. 62, 
ANIMAL PATHOLOGY. 
By Mr, You A TT, 
LECTURE XVII (continued). 
The Poat-mortem Appearances of Rabies in the Dog concluded .— 
The Intestines .— Bladder .— The Glottis resumed .— The 
Bloodvessels.—The Brain, Medulla Oblongata, Spinal 
Cord .— The Post-mortem Appearances of Rabies in the 
Wolf, the Horsey Cattlcy Sheepy Swine, Poultry, Rabbits, 
and Guinea Pigs. 
THE Intestinal Canal. —There are no lesions in the intes¬ 
tinal canal sufficiently constant and definite to warrant us in 
placing dependence upon them. If there is much and general 
inflammation of the stomach, it is sure to extend, gradually 
diminishing in intensity, through the duodenum, and jejunum, 
and partly through the ileum, most intense on the mucous sur¬ 
face, but often involving all the coats. I have seen it occupy, 
and with a very great degree of intensity, the whole of the intes¬ 
tinal canal. On the other hand, where only a few spots of 
ecchymosis have appeared in the stomach, the intestines have 
not presented any morbid lesion. I do not recollect any instance 
in which there has been a discharge of blood from the mucous 
surface. These remarks may aflbrd you some assistance in dis¬ 
tinguishing between the morbid appearances of the stomach which 
are produced by poison, and those which accompany rabies. 
There is but one circumstance on which 1 should place much 
confidence, and that is, the presence, in some part of the intestinal 
canal, of some of those horrible substances of which mention has 
been made. 
Some French writei's have spoken of emptiness, and spas¬ 
modic contraction of the bladder as one of the lesions of rabies. 
I cannot say that 1 have never seen the Vjladder of a rabid dog 
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