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Have you visited patients under that complaint ?—I have. 
State whether it has arisen from the bite of a dog-?—In all the 
instances that I have seen, the disease has arisen from the bite 
of a dog* or of a cat; but in some instances of which I have 
read it has also originated from the bite of the wolf and the fox, 
as well as of the dog* and the cat. I have never seen any in¬ 
stance of the disease produced by the bite of the wolf or the 
fox; those instances which I have seen have originated from the 
bite of a dog- or a cat. I have seen only one instance from the 
bite of a cat. 
Did that patient die ?—Yes; in every case of hydrophobia that 
I have seen the patient has died. 
Are you aware that in those instances any operation took place 
after the bite?—In two cases the operation of excision was per¬ 
formed, but nevertheless the patients died. 
Was the excision performed very shortly after the bite ?—Very 
shortly ; almost immediately. In the one case, I should say, that 
it is probable the excision was not effectually performed; it was 
not deep enough. I refer particularly to the case originating 
from the bite of the cat. The operation was performed im¬ 
mediately after the bite was inflicted. 
What time after the bite did those cases take place ?—In the 
case of the cat, about six weeks; in the other cases that I had ^ 
occasion to see, from five days to two months. 
Have you ever attended patients who have been bitten by dogs 
in a rabid state, and where excision has taken place within a 
short period, where the patient has recovered ?—In many in¬ 
stances the disease has not occurred; in two cases, the disease 
occurred after excision. 
Have you, in any of those cases where the disease has not oc¬ 
curred, ascertained the dog was really mad ?—In some instances, 
but not in all. 
Did you ever ascertain, when the patient had died, that the 
dog was not mad ?—No, the dog was always rabid. 
State your opinion as to when and how the disease is generated 
in the dog?—1 scarcely feel myself authorized to give an opinion 
in reply to that question ; but I should say, as far as my know¬ 
ledge extends, that the disease in the dog has always originated 
from the bite of another rabid dog. 
In those cases you mentioned where death oc urred, do you 
mean the dog was mad at the time of the bite, or became mad 
afterwards?—At the time of the bite. 
As far as your experience goes, the original cause of rabies is 
biting?—Yes, as far as my experience goes. 
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