voL.xi, No. 121.] JANUARY 1838. 
[New Scri(3s, No. Gl. 
ANIMAL PATHOLOGY. 
By Mr. You A TT. 
LECTURE XVII. 
The Pont Mortem Appearances of Rabies in the Dog .— The 
'Tongue .— Sublingual Glands .— Fauces. — 'J'onsils. — Fjpi- 
glottis. — Trachea. — Bron ch i.—Lu ngs.—Ilea rt. — (Esopha¬ 
gus and Stomach. 
Gentlemen,—I ALWAYS approach this division of our sub¬ 
ject—the post mortem appearances of rabies—I will not say with 
fear, but with a serious and subdued spirit. A fellow-creature has 
been bitten, perhaps severely lacerated, by a strange dog. The 
animal was immediately destroyed ; and the account which you 
can get of him while living is exceedingly unsatisfactory, 
perhaps contradictory. I have again and again heard the owner 
of a rabid dog, as he was afterwards proved to be, stoutly main¬ 
tain, and from honest conviction, that there was nothing in the 
world” the matter with the animal; and I have seen others, when 
there was not the slightest occasion for alarm, tormenting them¬ 
selves with unfounded but distressing fears with regard to their 
own safety or the welfare of those whom they loved. The car¬ 
cass is sent to the veterinary surgeon, as the man who, from 
education and habit, is most likely to be able to decide the (jues- 
tion. I will not ask whether he is well instructed in these mat¬ 
ters : I will suppose him to be so. Whatever difficulties attend 
the early stages of rabies, the disease is recognized plainly enough 
when fully developed. Are the lesions which it produces, the 
traces which it leaves when life has fled, as easily to be read I In 
the great majority of cases I answer, without hesitation, yes ! 
There is no difficulty about the matter. 
The medical man, however, will often be at your elbow, judging 
of the dog from what he sees in the human being; and he will 
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