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ably from bellowing, and at the isthmus of fauces there was a 
cud of straw which she was unable to swallow on account of 
paralysis. The pia-mater was highty congested in some parts ; 
the dura-mater and arachnoid apparently normal. Quite a 
flow of fluid from the ventricles upon section, although I could 
not consider it more than normal. The brain tissue proper 
was soft and flabby, the right lobe of the cerebrum anteriorly 
was very much atrophied. 
I received word through responsible parties that one of 
the horses bitten had also gone rabid, and was destroyed. 
Now, to further prove the correctness of our diagnosis we 
made an inoculation test. Made a cold infusion of a portion 
of the medulla and cervical portion of cord, and two c.c. of 
this was injected in the axillary region subcutaneously of a 
healthy dog. Suffice it to say he died from a typical case of 
rabies thirty days after injection. 
Now that I have demonstrated an indisputable case of 
rabies, it is plainty seen that the word trydrophobia, which 
means dread of water, is misleading and erroneous, as it reveals 
nothing to us regarding the true symptoms of rabies, for con¬ 
trary conditions are noted in affected animals. They make 
forced efforts to drink, but on account of the paralysis of the 
pharynx and oesophagus they are disappointed in their attempts, 
thus they become frenzied and annihilate the bucket to get it 
out of their sight, so as not to be harassed by its presence. 
Let us continue by the discussion of two of those mys¬ 
terious cases. 
August 26th, 1895, was called ten miles out of town to see a 
cow which the farmer said had hydrophobia. The cow was 
some distance from the house, in a pasture, through which 
ran a small brook, which depended on the rain for its supply. 
She was tied to a tree. 
History. — Half Jersey, about five years old (no calf); 
first began to look sick on Saturday, August 24th, 1895 ; in 
fact he milked her this morning; in the evening she was ab¬ 
solutely dry, and was acting strangely, running at the heifer, 
and that same day Mr. H. and neighbor went down to catch 
her, and she made them take refuge in a tree. 
