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horses next to her; she is then isolated and secured. Soon she 
presents all the symptoms of rabies. She bites everything she 
can take hold of, opens her mouth and seizes with ferocity all that 
is close to her. Her agitation is extreme. She takes hold of the 
manger and her mouth is all bloody. She bites a handful of hay 
but does not chew it or swallow it. She dips her head in a pail 
of water, seeming to bite the liquid. She kicks forward and be¬ 
hind with rage. Her perspiration is abundant as well as 
the urinary secretion. The sight of a dog doe3 neither increase 
or diminish the access. She is constantly in motion and at last 
seizes the manger and fractures the superior jaw. Then ex¬ 
hausted, drops down and in fifteen minutes dies, less than three 
hours from the appearance of the first symptoms .—Recueil de 
Medecine Veterinaire. 
EFFECTS OF THE PAPAVER RHCEAS (COQUELICOT) 
UPON TWO COWS. 
By M. E. Barbe. 
The 14th of June, 1880, the author was notified by a farmer 
that his two cows were affected with epilepsy. On inquiring as 
to the mode of feeding, he was told that the evening before they 
had received grass containing a large number of coquelicots (corn- 
poppies), and that they had shown no bad effect from it. They 
received another feed of the same kind that morning. This time 
the toxical effects were not long in showing themselves. Soon after 
feeding one was noticed dull, restless, scraping the floor with her 
fore feet. The eyes became swollen, the look anxious, the pupils 
dilated. The abdomen was distended, the tail and ears contin¬ 
ually agitated, abundant perspiration, respiration accelerated, 
pulse probably was full and nervous; to the excitement succeeded 
coma. According to the owner, in this comatose condition, the 
animal held its head down to the ground, or resting on the 
manger; eyes partly closed; then the animal would suddenly 
fall down, to get up a moment after. In moving, she stumbles 
at each step, pushing forward. 
The second cow shows the same symptoms but struggles more, 
and her convulsions are more marked. 
