IIABIES IN THE DOG—MORBID LESIONS. 
myself to this point with some hesitation and real diffidence. I 
would not say one word to displease our elder brethren of the 
human profession, for I respect them, and am indebted to them : 
but when they tell me that, in a great majority of cases in the 
human being, not the slightest trace of disease can be found in the 
thoracic or abdominal viscera, and only the usual characteristics 
of phrenitis in the cerebrum, I must not dare to contradict them, 
but I cannot help saying that I marvel much. When, however, 
they also assert that the appearances which I have described in the 
last two lectures, and which I regard as conclusive evidences of the 
real nature of the disease, are rarely or never seen in the dog, I 
can only say that I wish they would favour us with their presence 
at some of our post-mortem dissections of these animals, and we 
would convince them that they are quite mistaken. 
I find in the second volume of “The Provincial Medical and 
Surgical Association” so accurate a delineation, with the exception 
of the larynx, of what I have been accustomed to find in a 
great majority of cases in the dog, and so exact an account of 
what I used—in my great ignorance I was told—to expect to see 
in the human being, that I will transcribe them both, with very 
many thanks to Mr. Grindrod, as faithful representations of many 
of the post-mortem lesions of rabies in man and the dog. I will 
take the dos: first. 
Post-mortem Appearances of Rabies in the Dog .—“ The lungs 
were of a rosy colour, but their structure was healthy. The 
quantity of mucus in the bronchial tubes was small. The mouth 
was healthy, but very parched. The whole of the pharynx was 
of a deep rosy colour, which terminated in a defined line im¬ 
mediately opposite the cricoid cartilages. The larynx was healthy. 
A considerable vascularity was manifest at the lower part of the 
oesophagus, and was continued into the stomach. On opening 
the stomach, a mass of substance was observed, which certainly 
had the external appearance of a bird’s nest. On being sepa¬ 
rated, it was found to consist of straw, wood, leather, &c. These 
materials were in a remarkably dry state. On being removed, 
the mucous membrane was found to be covered on many parts 
with tough mucus. The rugae were particularly manifest, and 
upon the surface were observed, here and there, intense inflam¬ 
matory patches, and in other places black or dark brown streaks, 
which in a few hours became more perceptible. The external 
surface of the stomach seemed to be healthy. The par vagum 
and nerves of the tongue were perfectly healthy. The salivary 
glands were of the usual colour and size.” 
Post-mortem Appearances in the Man that was bitten by this 
Dog .—“The supra-orbitar and nasal branches of the fifth pair of 
