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to send for me instantly, if he had any of his others taken, and not 
long passed before I was called upon to attend his sixth cow. In 
comparing the symptoms of the three I had seen with the post¬ 
mortem appearances and the accounts they gave me of the others 
I had not seen, I decided at once, without any hesitation, that the 
animals were all rabid, arising from the bite of a mad dog, and I 
still maintain that opinion. On making inquiry, 1 found that Mr. 
Bonsall’s own dog disappeared about two months before the first 
cow went mad, and Mr. Bonsall himself told me that the dog was 
in a curious way, turning round and round, &c. just before he was 
lost sight of: and, besides, I am prepared to prove that there have 
been several mad dogs in his neighbourhood during the last 
summer and autumn. Mr. Bonsall is in error when he says that 
he has had one cow recovered that was in a similar state to the 
others, for they were all sold soon after the death of the last cow, 
at Lenton fair or elsewhere. 
“ Your’s, &c. 
W. Cox, 
“ Member of the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons, London.” 
“ Ashbourn, Dec. 27, 1847.” 
“ P.S.—One of Mr. Bonsall’s horses went rabid on Sunday last. 
He was first perceived in the morning to be unwell, and was put 
into the stable, when, as I am informed, he abandoned himself to 
the most extreme violence, jumping into the manger, jumping and 
worrying at every thing that came near him, &c. ; even eating his 
own dung, which a horse never does unless he is rabid. The 
animal was then let loose in a field, where he again abandoned 
himself to the most extreme violence, until he fell down exhausted. 
In this state I saw him between three and four o’clock : I was 
accidentally passing at the time. Although about thirty yards off, 
I could see him worrying and tearing up the ground with his teeth, 
and struggling and fighting with all his might. On my return, 
which was about half an hour afterwards, I dismounted and went 
over, but I found him destroyed. To-day I have been past again, 
when I saw them about burying him. I went to the carcass, and 
from what I saw of the dead animal, and what I have stated above, 
I have no hesitation in saying that this animal was rabid. 
" W. Cox, M.R.C.V.S.” 
Mr. Editor,—The above terminates the affair between Mr. 
Bonsall and myself for the present. I have sent it you exactly as 
it has appeared in the “Derbyshire Advertiser.” If you think it 
worth bringing before your readers, the following is an account of 
the symptoms and port-mortem appearances of these cows:— 
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