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S. WOLFFBERG. 
During the paroxysms the eyes become reddened, distended, 
fixed, and the pupils dilated; the voice is changed to a hoarse, 
dull sound; the animals bellow frequently; stamp with the feet; 
often fall to the ground but soon rise again, or they seek to be¬ 
come free from their chains when fastened in stables; they strike 
with the horns and often attack other animals. Appetite and ru¬ 
mination soon cease entirely ; the excrements are at first passed in 
but small quantities and but little at a time and with much tenu- 
mus; later on they become fluid, the other conditions continuing; 
they frequently become much emaciated; at last they become 
paralyzed, especially behind, and fall into a soporous condition. 
Other authors give similar testimony. 
EXPERIMENTAL PREVENTION OF RABIES BY INOCULATION, 
By De. S. Wolffbeeg. 
(“ Centralblatt fur Allgemeine Gesundheitspflege, vol. v., p. 274.’’) 
According to the statistics which have been given, it cannot 
be denied that the results obtained by M. Pasteur, even though 
his experiments are not without some serious objections, speak 
most emphatically for the possibility of his preventive treatment 
for rabies. A very essential objection to the experiments of 
Pasteur is the want of any satisfactory examination of the organs 
of rabid animals for specific bacteria, especially those of the 
nervous system. The specific etiologic principle of rabies is thus 
far unknown; hence we can still hold doubts if all the cases with 
which M. Pasteur has experimented have been genuine rabies. 
Pasteur has, however, shown that dogs, which have been inocu¬ 
lated according to his preventive method, have successfully 
resisted the effects of the bites of other dogs which were known 
to be rabid; while still other dogs which had been subjected to 
this treatment have become unquestionably rabid in consequence 
of similar insults. 
These experiments should satisfactorily demonstrate that 
M. Pasteur has worked with genuine rabies’ material; i. e., with 
tissues which contained the virus of that disease. 
