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R. H. HARRISON. 
Both belonged to the same party, and were affected a week after 
the other. The bitch was first brought to us partially paralyzed in 
the hind extremities, which gave rise to a staggering gait. It was 
reported that she had not been her usual lively self for a few 
days, and a day before she was brought to us, could neither eat 
nor drink. She had paralysis of the muscles of the lower jaw, 
which kept her mouth open, with a profuse flow of saliva; the 
buccal cavity and the tongue were dark red in color; the eyes 
were dull and squinting, there being slight opacity of the cornea; 
the countenance was expressionless, save wrinkled eyebrows, 
which gave her a hideous look. She was placed in a kennel by 
herself, and remained quiet, curled up in a corner under the straw. 
The next morning she was evidently worse, the paralysis having 
increased to such an extent that she could scarcely stand. 
Eighteen hours afterwards she died without a struggle. Autopsy 
showed well-marked lesions : the meninges of the brain were 
highly injected, with effusion between them; the brain was soft¬ 
ened and but slightly congested; the mucous membrane of the 
tongue and the buccal cavity were of a brownish-red color; 
the pharynx was highly inflamed ; the air passages were highly 
congested throughout, and the lungs engorged with blood; the 
heart was empty; the stomach contained a little dark fluid, and 
its mucous membrane showed two patches of congestion ; the up¬ 
per portion of the intestines were empty, while the small colon 
was filled with liquid faeces; the kidneys were softened and some¬ 
what fatty ; the bladder was closely retracted within the pelvis; 
the spleen was enlarged to twice its natural size, and was blackish- 
green in color. 
The dog was, for precaution, chained up, and the owner was 
to report any change that showed itself. For three days nothing 
was observed that was in any way suspicious; on the fourth day 
the dog became moody and sad, refused his food, and hid himself 
under his straw bedding. The next morning, on pushing him 
from his hiding-place, he was noticed to stagger a little, and was 
immediately sent here ; the man that brought him said he was 
worse when he arrived than when he started. He presented symp¬ 
toms identical with the bitch, and died twelve hours after being 
