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reports OF CASES. 
FISTULOUS TRACT OF THE NECK IN A SETTER—RABIFORM MANI¬ 
FESTATIONS—DEATH-SINGULAR CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE. 
By G. A. Lathrop, D.Y.S., House Surgeon. 
An English setter was admitted to the hospital with the fol¬ 
lowing history : “ While out hunting several months previous, he 
attempted to crawl through a thorn hedge, and in doing so re¬ 
ceived several lacerated wounds in the neck, from which an abcess 
had formed. This was opened, but notwithstanding all treatment 
continued to discharge. When admitted, he presented a fistulous 
tract on the right side of the neck, running downwards and in¬ 
wards towards the anterior border of the scapula. A counter-open¬ 
ing was made near the points of the shoulder, and a seton inserted. 
This was allowed to remain for about twelve days, when the dis¬ 
charge becoming less, it was removed. From this period the 
suppuration diminished, and soon after stopped, and twenty days 
from his admission the wound had entirely healed. 
On the day following the closing of the wound, March 23d, 
his disposition seemed to become entirely changed, and from 
being gay and affectionate, he was observed to avoid noticing 
every one. The next day, after taking his walking exercise and 
being reported as constipated, he was discovered to be in a fit, 
having been found standing in his kennel, with a peculiar ex¬ 
pression in his face and frothing considerably at the mouth. This 
lasted but for a few minutes. In the afternoon he continued to 
move aimlessly about his kennel, now and then jumping up on 
the sides as if trying to make his escape, and his voice seemed to 
be altered. In the presence of these peculiar symptoms, he was 
placed in a large box stall and carefully watched. He would 
walk around in a circle, and continue doing so for hours, and 
then, completely exhausted and hardly strong enough to keep his 
feet, would be again attacked with convulsions, lasting for various 
periods of time. He would commence by shaking his head, and 
snapping at imaginary objects; then his whole body would 
quiver and his legs would be convulsively moved as in epilepsy. 
After a convulsion he would partially rise and place his head 
against the side of the stall, or push against the wall, and then 
