RABIES IN THE HORSE. 
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observations may be printed in a collected form: the physio¬ 
logy of the organ being completed, and its pathology con¬ 
sidered from a point of view in harmony with its structure 
and functions. 
RABIES IN THE HORSE. 
By A. J. Murray, M.R.C.Y.S., Detroit, Michigan, United 
States. 
Ox the forenoon of Sunday, 24th December last, I was 
called on by the manager of the American Express Company’s 
stables, in this city, to examine a dark chestnut horse. On 
reaching the stable I found the horse in a box-stall. The 
door of the stable was divided into two parts, the lower half 
being shut, and the upper one open. I observed the horse 
to be very irritable, as he would snap at any one coming 
near the door. He frothed slightly at the mouth, occasionally 
ground his teeth, his ears were constantly moving backwards 
and forwards, and there was constant twitching of the muscles 
of the shoulder; his eye also had a very wild expression. When 
he was spoken to, or when any noise was made, he became 
irritable, snapping to the right or left, and moving restlessly 
about his stall. By my advice the lower part of the door was 
strengthened by having strong boards nailed across, so as to 
prevent his getting out if he became violent. I was told that 
he had not eaten anything that day: but while I was there 
the stable manager offered him a little hay, which he took ; 
and he also drank some water. 
I called again in the afternoon. The horse’s irritability 
seems to have increased. 
December 25th.—The horse appears to be perfectly fero¬ 
cious, rushing towards any one who goes near the door. I 
held the handle of a broom towards him, and he seized it 
savagely with his teeth. I had held it out to him on the 
previous day, but he did not touch it. 
Called again between five and six o’clock in the evening of 
this day. Horse very restless, lying down and getting up 
frequently. He was so savage that the upper part of door 
was kept shut and secured, as it was feared that some of 
those who were curious to see him might be bitten. 
Some persons of an experimental turn of mind had pro¬ 
posed to give the animal chloroform, and a half-drunken 
ostler, who had come to see the case, resolved to carry out the 
