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observers, that it lias been admitted and established as almost i 
pathognomonic lesion of rabies. We are referring now to th( 
condition of the stomach, and to the presence of foreign bociie.' 
within its walls. To quote the language of Prof. J. Axe, ol 
London: “ As an aid to diagnosis, indeed, the contents of this 
organ take precedence over everything else, and constitute tin 
only reliable indication of the affection which a post mortem ex 
animation affords.” In The Veterinarian , Prof. Axe relates hi 
experience in the post mortem inspection of not less than tw< 
hundred dogs, and in relation to the value, in the diagnosis o 
rabies, of the lesions found in their stomachs, relates the follow 
ing as the description of the contents and condition of that orgai 
in twenty-two well marked cases of the disorder : 
“ 1. Portions of straw ; two fragments of linen rag ; n< 
food ; mucous layer coated with thick tenacious mucus, and some 
what hypersemic. 
2. Pieces of wood shavings; a small quantity of sawdust 
and a piece of bone ; no food. 
“ 3. A little grass and straw, and a small particle of coal 
Mucous membrane intensely hypersemic towards the pyloric ex 
tremity, and slightly so over two or three inches of the due 
denum. 
“4. Fragments of stick and some fibres of cocoa matting ; 
small quantity of semi-digested fat; no other food. Mueor 
membrane healthy. 
“ 5. Grass, straw and horse excrement; no food ; genert 
hypersemia of the mucous layer, with scattered ecchymoses alon 
the summits of the folds. 
“6. Straw, hairs, and portions of newspapers; about a 
ounce of tendinous tissue in a semi-digested state ; no other al 
ment; patchy hypersemia around pylorus ; membrane coated wit 
thick mucous and croupy exudate. 
“ 7. Straw, splinters of wood, some wool, and a stone; i 
food ; mucous membrane normal. 
“8. Earth, portions of rushes, and a few hairs; no foot 
blood blotches and ecchymoses distributed over the entire mueoi 
surface, with several small areas of necrosis. 
