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Show Analog ital Considerations. Analogical Considerations. be suspected that the uterus was previously (lisordrred : fat's all tending to shew that in tliuse diseases alike, where the nervous system is so rioltntly afilTh d, the seat of inflamma- without rest, frequently starting up in the bed, crying out in great anguish-I saw him the any thing, and was much alarmed if you offered tion is regulated by local predisposition, and to touch him-He would not suffer any thing ofconscquiuc , that it is incidensai. If the stomach is most frequently inflamed, is it not also on his head or round his neck-He had a con~ vulsive start very frequently, which was in- stantly brought on by any one attempting to touch his head or put any thing towards his mouth-He was perfectly sensible, and an- swered questions correctly-his eyes and features exhibited a marked watchfulness and anxiety-in the night he talked incoherently to himself, repeatedly saying he could not the organ whose conditions are mo" variable in the majority among mankind of all ages? next perhaps the brain. Mr. Norman, surgeon at Bath, has favoured me with the following memorandum of a re- cent case of hydrophobia; the fact is particu- larly valuable on account of the short time that elapsed between death and the examination of the body. " On the 17th January 1807, a healthy boy, 4 years old, was bitten in the right cheek by a strange dog. who exhibited to the persons pre- sent at the time no uncommon appearance, and was never heard of after.--There were two wounds in the cheek, which healed in three weeks, and the child remained in perfect health till the 11th of March, when he refused his dinner, complained of pain in the right side of his face, and would not suffer any one to touch it-dnring the evening he was pressed to take food, but refused, and appeared in great agony when it-was ofl'ered him-He passed a night without , J", 2,1," km, ".14er M r\, - 1 £27- morning of the 12th, when he refused to take drink wine, beer, tea, 850. but when any one of them was offered him, he screamed with alarm, and became instantly convulsed-on the following morning he was perfectly sensible, but the convulsions were more frequent and of longer duration. He was highly sensible to im- pressions, and did what he was desired with great: quickness and agitation-when putting on a bed-gown he jumped through it, and his arm being entangled, tore it down apparently to disengage his head. He expressed a desire to wash his hands, but the instant he put them in the water, he cryed out, struck the bason out Of the person's hand who held it, and became violently convulsed-soon after he asked for ' water |