Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-03-01

day For several dag previous 90 the inva-
sion If the di-e4-e il animals Of tie dog kind
the brute manifest- a change il his manners.
h. grows dull and heavy. and exhibits al
equal Indifference 70 hi master and to his
customary food H become, solitary and
eudeavors CO.. hid. himself doe. Lot lark a,
usual. but i-.ak.- @ Iluriuuriuc Hoise j. p..-
wish and easily 9aeuded 4 disposition 10
quarrel with other dogs j. manifested early 10
the d.-=a-a. H breathing j. thick and heavy
keep, BIZ mc ia open. and hang ont biz
tongue: sometimes be walks slowly As 4 half
asleep. and then suddenly runs, bu: lot al
ways directly forward. His eye. look d.-vlr.
tied dull and foil Of tear and red his voice
j. hollow and hoar,e and Lis tongue J.lome-
q d lead4u color. He stray from home aid
follows any path or road lie happen, 20 meet
but seemingly without purpo-e or design. II
heb couhnediu this stage Of the dissase b. bites
and yIAs, everything hear hin. = r!oa- fora
moment when approached. and bis chops az,
covered aith q tough froihy saliva H. grow,
thin. weak, and faint. often fall- down. ris4e
again. attempt, 10 q at every thing. AID soon
grows furious. H can swallow 10th -ald-
and liquids during the y hole co1r-= O.! the
disea-e. and having 10 aversion 20 ,sat+r. dos
not attempt 10 avoid it, IL NOS; !l-tai,.
there is a very treacherous disposition mani
Tested in r.bid dogs. If called they viii
come. vag their tail, and show every mark Of
foLdHe,-. seeming pleased with attention.
when, on q sudden they viii turl and give
bite Bu; i should b. borne IL mind that the
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them. usually present il any single cs.,e. but
that many Of them may De absent: AID.
moreover, that dog may give fatal bit.
while in apparent health, even many days be-
fore d single symptom If iudi.positiou has
been manifested.
IL the human specie. ~ ia the lower ami
mals, the symptoms Of Ly drophobia vary con
siderably but the following are the leading
ones indeed. most Of them are present il Ii.
greater number Of cases. The approach Of
the disease may generally De known by the
part bitten becoming painful hard and elc-
waited, ATTENDED by peculiar sense Of prick
ing and itching at the part, with pains r.
sembEug rheumatism extending into the
neighboriug parts and towards the throat.
More general pains Of flying couyulsiye char
acter. affecting the patient il the neck joints
and other Varts soon come On. with las-itude
and vertigo He becomes melancholy, NUT
ters il forgetful and drowsy: his slumber, are
disturbed, and conyulsiye agitations follow hi,
waking His eyes ara watery. his aspect sor-
rowfll the face pale and contracted sweat
break, out upon the temples. saliva hows
profusely from tn mouth. though the fauces
and. throat are dry tie tongue becomes foul
and the breath fetid
Prom the beginning, the patient usually has
a great dread Of water. because the efforts to
swallow !, occasion violent paroxysIns Of
s!asm. and Of suffOcaiion. and are generally
unsuccessful; and it j. the association with
these paroxystns which give, rise 10 the 1y-
drophDjta or dread OF water The spaslns
thus excited are extremely violent. The pa
tieEt. with d nervous determination drink,
precipitauily, or tries 10 do 90 when instantly.
respiration Is arrested. the whole frame is az
itated, terror and distre Is are depicted on the
countenauce. and the water is forcilly eject
ed from the mouth and uostrils Ia some
cases even the sight Of water and other liq-
1idS viii induce these spa,ms. b., ties,
paroxysIus are not 30 severe il every instance.
! DR.. Flint. Of Bellevue hospital New York
4 say that in two cases which CAM under his
I observation, neither patient suffered incon-
yeuieuce from seeing. or hearing the sound Of
water and that one Of them could take wa
T ter from q teaspoon without producing spasIus:
( aud other cases have been reported in which
/ the patients could swallow spirit and other
| liquids without difficulty. Such cases. how
| ever. are exceptions to the rule Next to the
/ spasms and the awful feeling Of sufocation,
/ the morbid sensibiity If thu surface Of the
/ body is the most prominent symptom in this
affection. The slightest impressions OIL the
/ senses affect the suferer most intensely.
/ look. or a sound the opening and shutting
/ the door Of Lis apartment the motions Of his
attendants; the reflection Of light from a mir
ror the least impression on the skin: the
/ touch of feather, or impulse Of the gen,lest
I current Of air. are sufficient to bring on the
/ most distressing commissions,
There is no foundation for the vulgar no.
| ton that patients assume the character Of the
animal from which the virus was received
and attempt to bite persons around them ;
at least such cases, if they occur, constitute
the execution and not the rule Nsvevtbelsss
the state Of the mind is in most cas- CIV.
trelnely characteristic. Som. ,,s,,.o,. Az. ~,
usually talkatiyo and verbose conc 'sr. no..
| sessed Of wild mapiacsl f,-,. LII ,,i.org
pressrv. mental coropo.,,ro until III. lac
. Generally bowey.r tbere 4. q ,ao.+ nrot,,,,.5
DESPAIR and AN inter ipcsnocit, fo+ co,,ro,t
aud consolation. As the discs advance
the copypIsops increos, +, 800 ad 80,