A rabid dog has no particular inclination to seek objects for revenge; the injuries he inflicts beings agents that he regards as intercepting his onward march. The author had, some years since, considerable experience amongst cases of rabies, and often innocent owners would bring rabid dogs for treatment!! A very characteristic--though we cannot say pathognomonic--sign of rabies, is an alteration in the bark, and this is changed to a semi-bark and howl, easily recognised when heard a second time. A rabid dog generally knows his master until overcome by the fury of the disease. Most dogs succumb within a week after the advent of the first signs of the complaint. From a week to three months may be set down as the minimum and maximum periods for the development (incubation) of rabies, after the dog has been bitten by a rabid animal, or received the virus of the malady into its system, such as might occur through rubbing, licking, etc., upon a mucous surface. There are many other minor signs of rabies, and in the so-called "dumb" form, the most diagnostic one is dropping of the lower jaw, accompanied by a snuffling sound. Although this latter might be confused with paralysis of the lower jaw from injury to the nerve, etc., the history of the case will afford the most reliable guide, when forming an opinion. If rabies is suspected, isolation and destruction should be carried out at once. The speedier the better. Before concluding, the writer wishes to say that the bite of a dog in ordinary health is no more injurious than a wound inflicted by any other means, and that the sooner this stupid fallacy explodes the better for beast and man. To destroy a healthy dog because it happens to have bitten a person is akin to madness. BLOOD-POISONING This is almost always due to absorption of septic matter, usually from the seat of a wound or other injury. We have frequently seen it follow a bite from another dog. It is generally fatal. The skin assumes a bluish tint, and beneath it inflammatory products accumulate, giving, when pressed with the fingers, a crackling sensation. In other instances, abscesses form both internally and externally, sometimes the whole of a limb being infiltrated with pus, etc. Very little can be done. To support the severe depression, give brandy, eggs, and Brand's Essence of Beef. Also 25 grains of salicylate of soda every six hours in a little cold water. RHEUMATISM OR KENNEL LAMENESS Masters of Hounds and Sporting-dog men in particular, are nearly all acquainted with this troublesome complaint. Where dogs are kenneled on damp or low-lying ground, there may we expect to find kennel lameness--a title under which it has been known for many and many a score of years. A previous attack is a predisposing influence to its recurrence. Rheumatism may be either acute or chronic.