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The peculiar injection of the membrane of the epiglottis, extend¬ 
ing deeply into the hollows on each side of the frenulum ; and, 
most of all, the contents of the stomach, and the peculiar inflam¬ 
mation of its lining membrane. The union of these would remove 
every doubt. The existence of some of the group would gene¬ 
rally satisfy me. If I had the leaden colour of the tongue, and 
the peculiar inflammation of its dorsum and of the pharynx; or 
if I had the presence of the indigestable mass in the stomach, 
I should want little or nothing to decide my opinion; for I never 
saw it in any other disease. Also if I found inflammation of 
the stomach, either general or in patches—it far oftener has the 
patchy appearance—then I should have little hesitation in pro¬ 
nouncing the animal to have been rabid, if I found lines of intenser 
inflammation, and spots of ecchymosis on the summit of the 
rugae. 
When a dead dog is brought to you for examination, I am still 
disposed to advise you to proceed to the post-mortem examination 
before you listen to one word respecting the history of the case. 
Your opinion will be then unbiassed; and in nineteen cases out 
of twenty you will readily come to a just conclusion. If there 
should be any doubt on your mind, the history of the case, then 
listened to, will probably resolve it. 
The Post-mortem Appearances in the Wolf .—We fortunately 
have one case related at considerable length of the post-mortem 
examination of one of these animals, and by whom, on some 
parts of the continent, the disease is oftener communicated than 
by the dog. It is related by M. Chardon, in the Journal Pra¬ 
tique of 1829. 
M. Chardon first examined the tongue, in order to satisfy 
himself with regard to the existence of Marochetti^s sublingual 
pustules. There was not one, nor a trace of one. The brain 
was softened through its whole extent, and its membranes were 
slightly infiltrated. The back part of the mouth was marbled ; 
and as he proceeded farther backwards, so were also the 
pharynx and the trachea, with spots of a brownish violet cha¬ 
racter, of various forms and sizes, and slightly covered by a 
frothy mucus. There was nothing unusual in the texture of the 
oesophagus, except that it appeared to be* a little contracted. 
The lungs were of a pale colour, and contracted—the mucous 
membrane of the bronchi was slightly injected, and the substance 
of the heart was easily torn. The principal lesions were in the 
digestive organs, some of which were the seat of much inflam¬ 
mation. The stomach contained nothing but a little straw ; its 
mucous membrane was slightly inflamed, but from the pylorus 
to the rectum, the intestines, and particularly the small ones. 
