RABIES IX THE DOG.—SYMPTOMS. 
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of that inflammation, so far as it involved the lining membrane, 
and the texture immediately beneath, but they go no farther 
than this. Where much fever has attended the progress of the 
disease, the lining membrane of the ventricles will exhibit the 
deep hue of carditis, and there will probably be spots of ecchy- 
mosis ; but in most cases—I speak advisedly—in nine cases out 
often, the heart of the rabid dog will exhibit no other vestige of 
disease but an increased yet variable deepness of colour in the 
membrane of the ventricles. 
The (Esophagus. —We return to the pharynx, and trace the 
alimentary canal, which is continued from it to the stomach. 
When there is much inflammation of the pharynx, a certain 
degree of redness extends a little way down the oesophagus, and 
when the stomach is highly inflamed, the lining of the /o2ver 
part of the oesophagus is reddened ; but I have never seen an 
instance in which inflammation extended along the whole course 
of this tube, while in repeated cases, I have not found the 
slightest inflammatory blush in any part from the pharynx to the 
stomach; therefore, except as a matter of curiosity, you may 
entirely pass over this tube. 
The Stomach. —Before you open this viscus you should observe 
the state of the vessels by which it is supplied ; yet they will 
indicate little more than the comparative quantity of blood that 
is determined to the stomach, or the degree of inflammation 
which exists. The turgidity of the vessels will determine the first; 
the darkened colour radiating from these vessels, and spreading 
over the base of the stomach, will indicate the latter. 
The natural Appearance of the Interior of the Stomach. —You 
now prepare to open the stomach. You pass a ligature round 
the duodenum, to prevent the escape of any fluid from the 
intestines, and you divide the oesophagus and the duodenum, at 
about an inch distance from the cardiac and pyloric orifices, and 
then open the upper surface or roof of the stomach, from one ex¬ 
tremity to the other. You will now have a full view of the con¬ 
tents, and a partial one of the appearance of the lining membrane. 
Caution. —Were I speaking of the state or the diseases of the 
stomach generally, I should recommend you to take into account 
thediflerent appearances which that organ exhibits at diflerent 
times—the almost whiteness, or the very faint pink hue, which 
is observed when it is in an empty state, and the manifest 
increase of the still faint pink colour when, containing certain 
ingesta, a greater quantity of blood is determined to it, in order 
to enable it to discharge its function. The time that has elajjsed 
since the death of the animal will also be taken into considera¬ 
tion. If the dog has been dead only a few hours, the true blush 
of inflammation will remain. If twenty-four hours have elapsed, 
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