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Show 2.50 APPENDIX. APPENDIX. discharge of saliva. I took away 24 ounces of blood, gave him a dose of calomel and jalap, and continued the powders. Twelve M. Drew 16 ounces of blood, and gave him land- anum. Five P. M. Found him in a slumber; his skin moist, and ' is fever and other symptoms much abated. July 7th, eight A. M. \Vas informed that he had only two paroxvsms during my absence, and that he had lost 16 ounces of blood, agreeably to directions. him twice more, and then toinduce an artificial fever by mer‘ cury, which would predominate over the hydrophobic. I therefore drew 10 ounces of blood, and requested his friend to take18 ounces at night; to tub in a small quantity of mercu~ l . t i ' ‘1 . -;. a itcltsimt . I , t .1! r . ,‘ l! fz‘fiwh rial ointment; and to give a mercurial pill every four hours. July 8th, nine A. M. 2. Did he discover any aversion from the sight of water; and did he refuse to swallow liquids of all kinds P 3. What were the appearances of the blood drawn P it differ in the different stages of the disease? Found him convalescent, but con» Did Your answer to the above questions will much oblige your sincere friend, BENJAMIN RUSH. Dr. BURTON. -__- Bent-Creek (Virginia), Sept. 18, 1803. Notwithstanding the fan vonrable aspect which the disease were, I resolved to bleed 251 SIR, I regret that business of an indispensable nature prevented me from being more particular in my COtnn‘lunlCthlOl). I drew it up in a hurry, intending to transcribe it, and insert such other notes as would throw light on the case ; but being called out a few hours before the post set out from this place, I was obliged to forward the communication in the manner in which you received it. tinued the mercurial unction and pills. The part of the body of my patient on which the wound was inflicted was a little above the union of the solaeus and July 9th, ten A. M. tinned the mercury. gustrocuemius muscles, which form toe tendo-achillis. July 15th, one P. M. Found his gums sore, and disconFound him well, but with a consi- derable degree ofdtbility. it would be doing injustice to you not to mention thatl was indebted to your lectures for the successful treatment of this disease. The interval between the time of his being bitten and the attack of the. fever was twenty-four days. He was, I was told, dull and solitary a few days previous to the attack. A few miautcs before it his friends found him two hundred yards from the house, apparently in a deep study. He has informed me, since his recovery, that he had a slight pain in the wound, attended with itching, and an uneasiness DEAR SIR, Philar‘z'r‘lp/iia, August 20, 1803. Accept of my congratulations upon your rare triumph over a it re of hydrophobia. I give you great credit for the boldness of your practice. You have deserved well of the profession in the inguinal gland, several days before the fever. He refused to swallow liquids ; and thesigltt of water threw him into a convulsive agitation. With regard to the appearances of the blood drawn, I am of medicine. sorry to inform you that after it came cold I did not exaIn order to render your communication more satisfactory, mine it. wit me to let irist your answer to the following; questions. 1. (In what part of the body of your patient was the wound inflicted? and how long was theinterval between the time of "is being bitten and the attack of his fever? 9., Did I am, Sir, yours, ROBERT BURTON. Dr. BENJAMIN RUSH. P. 163, |