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Show 248 APPENDIX. APPENDIX. years. that the reader will not quarrel with me for putting him in he had been bitten by a dog, which his friends suspected to be mad. I found him in the hands of four young men, who possession of the last fact, because it is not just an experiment on the production of convulsion in fever. P. 133.It wouldl‘e easgto mahenariousproposalsfor the treatment ofhydrophohia, on bare speculation. But as profuse Heed- ‘ . w‘. lL‘LJmi ,u t _ . ,5 't-.%\§‘§c . is" He recognized me, and re- quested me to give him my hand, which he made a violent my, I give the American case entire, lest a nzistahen iurlgment of mine shonldprcucnt the rescue ofany mortal from so dire a scars, as a marhfor ol‘seroation on the onset offer/er, when i" . from injuring himself or friends. effort to draw within his mouth. indisposition; and I venture to propose the state of such ii. ‘v were endeavouring to confine him, and thereby prevent him to bite, he advised his friends to keep at a distance, mention- ing that a mad dog had bitten him. symptom is qfthe greatest weight. But I know that recent scars will become troublesome under far (Iifl‘erent hinds of i I was informed by the person who came for me, that ing alone has the shadow ofa sanction in experience and anato- disease. It may be thought that the antecedent irritatz'rm of the wound outweighs all the opposite prohahilitier;for even the strong desire to worry has actually, as the rerpcctive cases testify, more of phrenzy than (yr hydropholiia. The ". » 249 the hand grew steady---my patient recovered the full use of both"---(Horn's Archiv. Berlin, 1805. viii. p. 333.) I hope opportunity oflers, Conscious of his inclination His symptoms were as follow, viz. a dull pain in his head, watery e es 2 dull as ect ) stricture and heaviness at the breast 1 and a high fever. Believing, as you do, that there is but one fever, I deter- mined to treat this case as an inflammatory fever. I therefore drew 20 ounces of blood 3 and, as he refused to take any thing aqueous, I had him drenched with a large dose of calomel and jalap. We should not be over hasty in constiJuly 5th, four A. M. tuting this or that sign as diagnostic. T. B- Finding the symptoms worse, I took away 16 ounces of blood, and applied two large epispastic plasters to his legs, hoping thereby to relieve the oppression l of the praecordia and other symptoms. An Accounr ofa CASE ofHYnRornonm succesrfiitly treated 6y copious BLEEDING and MERCURY: In two Letterrfrom Dr. ROBERT BURTON, ofBent, in the State of Virginia, to Twelve M. Was informed that one of his friends had per- mitted him to take a stick in his month; which he hit so as to loosen several of his teeth. As he craved something to Dr. BENJAMIN RUSH, of Philadelphia. Bent-Creek (Virgina) Augustin, 1803SIR, Believing that you are always disposed to encourage any thing which may throw light upon the treatment of diseases, I take the liberty of addressing to you the following case of bite, I desired his friend to give him a piece oflead, which he bit until he almost exhausted his strength. One P. M. Finding but little alteration, I drew 18 ounces ofblood, and had him drenched with antimonial powders. Two P. M. He slept until halfafter three,when hc awoke, with the disposition to bite, oppression, &c.but not so violent. hydrophobia, requesting a line or two, if you think it deservJuly 6th, eight A. M. ing your attention. V Found him biting the bed-clothes; his countenance maniacal, his pulse synocha, with a stricture On the 4th of July, 1803, at nine o'clock in the evening, of the breast, diflicult deglutition, laborious breathing, and a Iwas desired to visit Thomas Brothers, aged twenty-Sight years dischage |