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found, they invariably consist of a dark-colored liquor, not 
unlike coffee grounds. 
“ The intestinal tube is often found with strong marks of dis¬ 
ease also ; but the frequency of these is not equal to the sto¬ 
machic affection. 
“ The bodies of those dogs who die of this disease soon be¬ 
come putrid ; but there is no peculiarity of smell attending 
them: neither are they so offensive as I have often witnessed 
them in other cases of inflamed bowels, particularly of that kind 
produced by mineral poisons. I have frequently offered to a 
healthy dog various parts of the body of rabid dogs, but I could 
never distinguish any marks of dread or disgust; I am, there¬ 
fore, convinced that, living or dead, there is nothing in the smell 
that characterises rabies from one to the other, as has been so 
often alleged, among the other vulgar errors held forth.” 
After this Mr. Blaine proceeds to that of— 
“ the medical treatment op rabies. 
** The curative treatment of rabies in the dog has hitherto 
proved invariably unavailing, neither has it been found other¬ 
wise in any other animal: while the few successful cases on re¬ 
cord of a favorable result from any means tried on the human 
hydrophobia, have a veil of obscurity thrown over them that 
damps our confidence, and leaves us to hope only that time may 
yet afford us a remedy for this dreadful scourge. The extent 
to which this inquiry has already been carried, will prevent a 
circumstantial detail of the various medicinal agents which have 
been tried as curative of rabies.” 
These, which Mr. Blaine cursorily names, pointing out com¬ 
pletely in what regards they have failed, beginning with cold 
and sea-bathing , drugs, inoculation, &c., I shall skip entirely, and 
proceed at once to the directly preventive treatment. 
The only internal remedy, of which it is worth while to make 
any mention, is a draught of which Mr. Blaine gives the follow- 
