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quarrelsome than before. On Saturday his lower jaw was 
found to be pendulous, and on his owner unchaining him he 
immediately rushed towards the house and jumped through 
one of the windows into a room in which a lady and other 
persons were assembled. He sprung upon them and tried to 
lick their faces and hands, seemingly more as an act of recog¬ 
nition than of a desire to bite, which fortunately the paralysed 
state of his jaw did not allow of his doing, and fortunately, 
also, the flow of saliva just then was very limited. After a 
time he became more quiet, and crouched under the table, 
which at other times he was not accustomed to do. 
During the whole of Saturday night, after his admission, 
and onwards to Tuesday, he was almost continuously barking 
and jumping at the bars of his cage, in his vain attempts to 
obtain his liberty. This was more especially the case when 
any person went near the cage to look at him. On Tuesday 
his strength greatly failed, and he soon ceased to bark, 
became unconscious, was unable to rise, and died early on 
Wednesday morning. 
The case is interesting in several particulars, especially in 
the long incubation of the virus and the long duration of the. 
disease after the declaration of the symptoms,—death not 
occurring until the eleventh or twelfth day. 
The semi-ferocious state of the animal, in association 
with a paralysed condition of the lower jaw, is also an 
unusual feature, as nearly all rabid dogs thus affected are 
more or less docile, indeed often in a state of stupor, being 
the subjects of that form of the disease which has been 
designated dumb-madness. 
THE PREVENTION OF PARTURIENT APOPLEXY. 
By A. Prudames, M.R.C.V.S., Berkhampstead. 
Knowing that many members of our profession are 
strongly opposed to vensesection I venture to add a few con¬ 
firmatory remarks on the practical observations made by Mr. 
Santy in your December number on the above subject. 
Having for nearly twenty years past adopted the practice 
of bleeding, viz. taking away from four to five quarts of 
blood within a week or so of parturition, and giving a saline 
purgative whenever I had reason to fear an attack, the dis¬ 
ease would occur, to wit, in aged cows, being good milkers 
and in a plethoric condition, particularly during the spring 
and autumn, I can speak favorably of the results. Both 
