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London, England, 1839-04-22 00:00:00

We venture farther to suggest, " that wherever it
shall appear to any inspector that a new or additional
school is necessary or desirable, to enable the children
employed in any factory to obtaiu the education re-
quired by this Act," it shall be lawful for :he Lords
Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury to appropriate
such sum as may appear to them necessary fo: the
building, enlarging, or otherwise establishing such
schools out of any money which may have been granted
by Parlinnent for promoting education, under such se-
curities for the public kterest, and under such restric-
tions as their Lordships may consider the circumstances
of the case to require.
(Signed) LEONARD HORNER.
T. JONES HOWELL.
ROBERT J. SAUNDERS.
JAS. STUART.

EXPERIMEN TS ON CANINE

MADNESS-CURE.

(From the Norllngham Review.)
The readers of the Review will recollect, that in the
late melancholy and fatal case of hydrophobia, in this
town, Mr. Waterton, of Walton Hall, near Wakefield,
the celebrated naturalist, and author of " Wanderings
in South America," was sent for, to try the effects of
the wourali poison upon poor Phelps, and that unhap-
pily, although that gentleman came here instanter, he
did not arrive until after the death of the sufferer.
We may be allowed to remark, that on no disease
does there exist more popular errors than on hydro-
phobia, or, as it is commonly called, madness, a term
which conveys no correct idea of the malady ; for when
dogs are rabid, it does not follow that. they are wild and
furious : in fact, there are but few instances where
there is a complete alienation of the mind ; on the con-
trary, the mental faculties will continue undisturbed—
the dogs continue to know the voice of their master,
and to be obedient to the last moments of their exist-
ence. We may also remark, that the term hydrophobia
is an improper term as applied to dogs, for they will
continue to lap water to the very last.
Mr. Sewell, the eminent veterinarian, having suc-
ceeded in arresting the horrible spasms which take
place in locked jaw, and those spasms bearing a strong
resemblance to the convulsions which attend hydro-
phobia, it has been considered that the wourali might
be a specific for the latter disease : it was determined
upon sending for Mr. Waterton, to give it a trial in
in the afflicting case we have already mentioned.
Monday last was appointed for the purpose of making
experiments in the Medical School.

Before describing the experiments, it may be as well
to state, that Mr. Waterton describes the wourali to
be made by the Macoashi Indians from a vine called
wourali, several unknown vegetables, two species of
ants, Indian pepper, and the pounded fangs of two spe-
cies of venomous snakes. The poison is prepared by
boiling, and an ox wounded with arrows dipped in it
died in 25 minutes.

For the first experiment a large dog was chosen. To
prove the certainty of the action of the poison to destroy
life, an incision was made in the side of the dog, and a
spear-head, covered with the poison, inserted into the
wound ; this was left in the side, in order that the
poison might be absorbed into the system. In about a
quarter of an hour, the circulatory system was much
increased—the pulse rising to 130 in the minute, and
the action of the heart being irregular ; the creature
was unable to stand at 36 minutes after the insertion of
the poison, convulsive twitchings of the whole body were
evident, and the pulse continued irregular up to the
time of its depth ; at 52 minutes it ceased to breathe,
but the heart continued its action : in a few minutes
after the chest was opened, and the heart irritated with
the end of a scalpel, but in a short time the irritability
ceased.

The second experiment was then entered upon, and
an ass was chosen for it. It was intended, in this ex-
periment, to use artificial respiration during the whole
of the time that the animal continued under the in-
fluence of the poison, so that when its power bad ceased,
the creature would resume its natural respiration, and
the artificial means be discontinued—thus enabling it
to survive the powerful effect of this most deadly poison.
The arrow-head, covered with the poison, was inserted
into the lower part of the neck of the ass, a few minutes
after nine : in about a quarter of an hour the heart began
to beat irregularly, the respirations were about 15 in the
minute, the pulse was accelerated, and the pupils of the
eyes were dilated ; in half an hour the breathing became
difficult and irregular, and the pulse had risen to
104,—at this moment the creature fell, as if dead,
perfectly motionless, and the pulse could not be
felt : an opening was immediately made into the
wind-pipe, and the apparatus which had been prepared
for the purpose of carrying on artificial respiration
was applied, and put in action—this consisted of a tube,
which was introduced into the opening of the (trachea)
wind-pipe, and a pair of bellows, which were attached
to this tube—the lungs were then inflated, and after-
wards emptied by pressure on the body—this action
being kept on regularly and steadily, supplied the place
of the natural respiration ; this process was persevered
in for seven hours and a-half, at which time the animal
commenced breathing by its own efforts ; during tliftv
time, but little change occurred in the animal—it lay
motionless, and apparently lifeless, its extremities were
to a certain extent cold, the respiration had ceased, and
the heart beat very feebly. From the time of anima-
tion returning, the animal has been gradually improving,
and has eaten plentifully of hay, &c., but a degree of
paralysis of the limbs exists, from the application of
I strychinne, which was used with the view of restoring it
earlier from its state of temporary death, by inducing a
degree of spasm. In the course of the night, the tube
was removed from the wind-pipe, and a quantity of
mucus escaped from the wound, followed by a little
coagulated blood ; the wound was then closed, and res-
piration went on by the natural openings.
The third experiment was commenced on Tuesday
morning. The ass chosen was younger and in better
condition than the previous one. The poison was in
serted in a similar manner, but only a fourth part of the
quantity was used. The ass for some time suffered but
little, and continued to eat hay. The effect was evi-
dent in 34 minutes (four minutes more than in the pre-
vious experiment), when the animal fell, senseless and
motionless : artificial respiration was carried on for two
hours, at which time natural respiration commenced :
the ass was so far recovered at the end of six hours as
to get up and stand by itself. This experiment may
then be looked upon as more satisfactory than the
previous one—and it shows Low very much sooner the
animal may be restored after having a smaller dose of
the poison administered, and that its effect is much more
transitory.

The advantage derived from these experiments on
the lower animals, is the hope that this agent may be
applied, and prove to be successful, in the cure of hy-
drophobia—a malady which, up to the present time, has
defied all treatment : if it is brought to bear, its action
appears to be to suspend animation, and so far exhaust
the powers of the body, as to turn out, or destroy the
hydrophobic poison.
During the afternoon of Monday, to prove the viru-
lence of the wourali poison to a medical gentleman
who had been prevented from witnessing the experi
ments, Mr. Waterton inserted a dart near the shoulder
of a small spaniel ; in about 71 minutes the poison be-
gan to take effect, and in 9 minutes pulsation ceased.
Betwee❑ the hours of four and five on Tuesday after-
noon the second ass was so much recovered as to be
able to carry Mr. Waterton round the room.
Hot mashes have been given to the ass upon which
the first experiment was tried, and on our visiting him
and his companion yesterday afternoon, we found that
he was" tiot able to rand and lie looked very ill ; the
younger ass, which was experimented upon on Tuesday,
was very lively and eating hay, but having a strong
aversion to our approaching his head, which if we at-
tempted lie turned it away, and threatened us with a
salute from his heels ; we know that. this is a common
practice with the assinine breed, but until the experi-
ment had been tried upon this animal, this was a vice
which we are assured he did not possess.

POISONING OF MR. FOLJAMBE'S

HOUNDS.

(From the Doncaster Chronicle.)
We are sorry to learn that the valuable pack of fox-hounds,
the property of the above gentleman, have partaken of poison,
and that five of them, including a bitch which he would not
have taken 100 guineas for, died on Wednesday in consequence.
We have been favoured with the following particulars by a
g:ntleman who was present:—lt appears that the hounds threw
off on Wednesday morning at Rossington Grange, and shortly
afterwards a couple of faxes went bounding forth, one of them,
which was followed, taking the direction of Sandall-beat, but
Reynard soon doubled, and was making rapid strides for
Swinnow Wood, near Bawtry, closely pursued by the pack and
a tolerable field of horsemen. On reaching a close, about halls
mile from the latter place, one of the dogs was suddenly seized
with the staggers, and after rolling upon the ground and foaming at
the mouth for about twenty minutes, the animal expired in the
greatest agony. Three or four fields further two others were
attacked in a similar way, and they died also, as did two others
subsequently. The whole of the field and the dogs were now
pulled up, and Dr. Flower, of Maltby, being fortunately pre-
sent, the dogs were bled, and salt and water and castor oil
(rode for by Lord Galway) administered to them, when it was
discovered they had partaken of arsenic enclosed in rabbit's en-
trail=. The most favourable construction to be put upon this
dastardly act is, that the poison had been placed in the woods,
through which the dogs passed, to destroy the foxes ; but what-
ever may have been the motive, the act was highly reprehen.
sible, and merits severe punishment. On this subject we have
received the following letter from Mr. Foljambe

" TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE DONCASTER CHILOHICLE.
" order to prevent misstatements from being cir-
culated, and as by giving the fullest publicity to the unfortu-
nate catastrophe which occurred to my hounds this day, an
opportunity will be afforded to the individual who may have
been the unintentional cause of the accident (for accident I
am willing to believe it to be) to declare himself, and thereby
rescue the characters of those who might otherwise naturally be
liable to imputation, the facts are briefly these, viz.:—five
hounds were sezed with convulsions in the field, four of which
shortly died on the spot, the fifth is still alive, and hopes are
entertained of his recovery ; a sixth, however, was seized with
convulsions on the road home, and died on reaching the kennels.
The surgeons who opened the bodies have pronounced it as
their decided opinion, that arsenic was amongst the contents of
their stomachs. " I remain, Sir, your obedient Servant.
" GEO. SAVILE FOLJAMBE.
6, Osborton, April 10, 1839."

The Medical practitioners of Edinburgh and
Leith, have held a meeting to consider how they can avoid
vending drugs and medicines on the Sabbath.