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feet. He seemed to be paralyzed. He lived about thirty-eight 
hours. 
On Feb. 3 a second horse was taken sick ; did not eat first 
day, but worked. Occasionally the driver would notice the 
horse bite at neck-yoke and at other horse. The next morning 
as the barn boss was feeding the other horse, before coming to 
the one referred to, it began to show all the symptoms of hydro¬ 
phobia. I was called early. All the symptoms I could get 
were a temperature of 1031^°, pulse could not get, respiration 
normal when not excited, but very rapid when I irritated it by 
making motions in front or by punching sides with an old 
broom. If standing in front of him, he would spring at you, 
bite the stall, its front legs and sides, but would not offer to 
kick at any person or object that passed behind. When water 
was offered he would plunge his nose into the pail and act as 
though having spasms ; would froth at the mouth, keep ears 
moving backwards and forwards, but had full control of hind, 
legs ; could not swallow food nor water; would stand over, and 
get up, or obey any command given it, but kept getting more 
frantic. In the afternoon he was shot; no post-mortem. 
On Feb. loth another horse was taken. Could get close to 
this one. Temperature 102^, pulse 49, but in half an hour 
was 64, but during that time about 150 people had come to see 
the horse. In one hour after, pulse 59, temperature same, pupil 
of eye dilated very large, having head in dark corner of stall. 
I lit several matches within six inches of the eye, and held them 
close to the eye and could not notice any difference in pupil ; 
horse would not move a muscle or seem to care when match 
was lit; would back up, turn around, go ahead at the command 
of anyone present, moving ears same as No. 2 ; could not swal¬ 
low ; in fact, showing all symptoms of No. 2. Was killed in 
the early morning of the 13th. Before being killed got down 
and could not get up again. The owner thinking the horse 
dying, had one of his men hit it in the head with an ax. I took 
the brain and spinal cord from the last horse and have sent 
them to Dr. H. M. Bail, State Veterinarian, at Columbus, Ohio. 
Now, my opinion of the cases is that the horses suffered 
from cerebro-spinal meningitis, instead of hydrophobia, as some 
seem so sure. 
WHAT WAS IT? 
By W. F. Derr, V. S., Wooster, Ohio. 
On December 6, 1897, Dr. M. C. McClain, of Jeanesville, 
