ON RABIES. 
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they rush on men or animals, or any 
objects around them, and bite and 
tear them with fury. The saliva is 
abundant, sometimes liquid, and some¬ 
times composed of an adhesive foam. 
The saliva is poisonous, and transmits 
the disease. 
Often the dog- quits his master and 
his usual dwelling, and wanders about 
the country; it is then that he bites 
dogs, and men, and animals, that he 
meets in his way. 
The fourth orfifth day, or longer .— 
Termination of the disease. 
The muscles which close the jaw 
are paralyzed, and the dog is no longer 
able to bite. The mouth is half open; 
there is a staggering motion referrible 
to the hind limbs, and sometimes 
there is absolute palsy.—Death. 
Morbid Lesions. 
The Respiratory Organs .—The nasal 
cavities arehealthv; there are some 
ecchymoses on the larynx, and also in 
the bronchi and the lungs. 
The Digestive Organs .—Some irre¬ 
gular erosions on the mucous mem¬ 
brane on each side of the fraenum of 
the tongue, or, rather, the presence 
of the vesicles of which mention has 
been made. 
Light redness of the pharynx—the 
stomach contracted, and filled with 
foreign bodies, as hay, hair, earth, 
wood, and leather. A vivid redness 
on the summit of the rugae of the 
stomach. Sometimes slight erosions 
succeeding to black spots. The intes¬ 
tines containing little or no aliment, 
and in other respects being sound. 
Circulatory Organs .—Nothing re¬ 
markable. 
Cerebral Organs .—Injection and 
ecchymoses on the pia mater. The 
cerebrum and cerebellum sound. Red 
points on the arachnoid membrane, 
and the pia mater of the spinal cord. 
The grey substance of the spinal mar¬ 
row injected and red; sometimes 
slightly softened, especially about the 
lumbar region. 
(ienito-urinary Organs .—Nothing 
remarkable. 
slow. The saliva, according to some, 
is not poisonous; it will not transmit 
the disease. If sometimes the disease 
has been transmitted, it is when the 
dumb madness has been confounded 
with true rabies, in that period of it 
when the mouth is sometimes open. 
The dog does not usually quit the 
abode of his master, or, if he occa¬ 
sionally does, he wanders about the 
country, but without any desire or 
attempt to bite. 
The third or fourth day at most .— 
Termination of the disease. 
The mouth continues open, and 
there is feebleness of every limb.— 
Death. 
Morbid Lesions. 
The Respiratory Organs. — The 
same lesions as in true madness. 
The Digestive Organs.—The veil 
of the palate and the pharynx red : 
injection of the capillary vessels, dis¬ 
appearing under a small stream of 
water. The stomach sometimes con¬ 
taining foreign bodies, and red patches 
and spots of a browner colour, and 
ulcerations. The intestines in their 
normal state. 
Circulatory Organs .—Nothing re¬ 
markable. 
Cerebral Organs. — Nothing re¬ 
markable. 
Genito-urinary Organs .—Nothing 
remarkable. 
