FOUR CASES FROM A NOTE-BOOK 
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sweat, and diagnosed peritonitis, with the prognosis of death 
within a short time. 
Post-mortem twenty-four hours after death. Black roan 
gelding. Tympanitis well marked. Removed the abdomi¬ 
nal muscles, found peritoneum dark in color, blood vessels well 
dilated, and a large amount of straw-colored serum in abdomi¬ 
nal cavity. The large and small colon were normal in color 
with the exception of a slight light red blush, which was also 
found on the small intestines. 
The stomach was distended, and had a rupture of the exter¬ 
nal coat along the large curvature for nearly two feet. The 
muscular fibers of the middle coat were separated and well 
defined. The rest of viscera normal. 
RABIES. 
About July ioth, 1890, a bull terrier, owned in Bos¬ 
ton, was bitten by a dog that was running amuck through the 
highway. The bite was not a severe one, and no special no¬ 
tice was taken of it; but the owner asked me within a few 
days what was the chance of his dog becoming rabid. 
The result of the opinion I expressed was that the animal 
was placed under close confinement for a period of about three 
months, when, as he remained in an apparently normal condi¬ 
tion, the restrictions were removed. 
Nothing was observed abnormal until the middle of May, 
1891, when on the 17th he was excitable and irritable, and bit a 
dog that had been his companion for some time. The wound 
was made over the eye, and had the appearance of being 
made with one tooth. As a result of that he was again chained 
in the hay-loft, and then began a series of symptoms that 
would cease only from exhaustion, or the presence of the 
groom—barking, tearing anything within reach, breaking 
windows and sash, and he at one time broke his chain. When 
approached by the groom he would stop and crouch, with 
only quick breathing to be noticed. This condition lasted 
three days, and he was found dead one morning. 
Post-mortem.— Rigor mortis well marked. The abdomi¬ 
nal viscera normal with the exception of the contents of the 
