Punch (73.1877)

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [December 15, 1877.

MAD DOG!

" TdE little dcg laughed to see st oh

Punch's excellent friend, Dr. Acland, one of Oxford's stoutest
scientific pillars, and of longest standing, has been lecturing before
the University on "Rabies and Hydrophobia." The Vice-Chan-
cellor, the Dean of Christchurch, Professor Ruskin, many learned
Members of the University, and many Ladies were present. No
wonder. Everybody—big wig or little, male or female—has a corner
in his or her heart for man's—and woman's—best friend—the Dog.
As I write, Toby nestles closer to the waste-paper basket. There

Sp )rt." (Un'il he was caught, poor f Row !)

! is a nerve-telegraph between us. He knows I am writing about

I his kind, and, as needs must be, kindly.

From animal poisons in general the learned Doctor passed to tbe

j poison of rabies, and its mode of action on the nerve-tissues. Into
this unpleasant field Punch does not care to carry his readers.
Suffice it to say, that the rabies-poison produces the most painful
symptoms of lock-jaw or strychnine-poisoning. The Doctor's
description of the disease, we fear, was more masterly than his