The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-27 00:00:00

HYDROPHOBIA.

The Austrian Government has recently published the fol-
lowing notifications upon the employment of a remedy in oases
of hydrophobia :
« Whenever a person has been bitten by a dog, the under sur-
face of the tongue is examined, and the sublingual veins are
generally found to be considerably swollen. They are opened,
and the blood is allowed to flow until it stops of itself. The
patient is then ordered to take 25 grains of Gestiana Crociata.
This is the strongest dose, but it should be varied according to
the age and constitution of the patient and the intenuity of the
disease. It should be cut up into small pieces, and pounded
in a mortar with water, until a clear solution is obtained. It
should be taken during nine days consecutively, before break-
fast in the morning.
" At the same time the bite should be treated in the follow-
ing manner:—lf the patier.t has only been recently bitten, the
wound should be washed with spirits of rosemary, and then
dressed with a plaster composed of two portions of flour of
rye and one portion of the wood of the juniper tree finely pul-
verised, with a sufficient quantity of brandy to bring it to the
consistence of a thick paste. If the wounds be deep and dan-
gerous, then equal portions of the two first substances may be
taken.

If the hydrophobia has already assumed a violent aspect,
the patient must be encased in a strait waistcoat, in order to
prevent him from doing mischief to himself or others. The
above remedies must be applied, taking thirty grains of the
root of Gentiana Crociata, instead of 25 grains. It will occa-
sionally be found necessary to resort to force to induce the
patient to swallow the medicine. At the expiration of three
hours the dose must be repeated. Should the patient not
come to his senses after the second dose, an entire root must be
placed in his mouth with great precaution. The patient will
chew it with avidity, and if he swallows the remainder of it, it
may be looked upon as a favourable symptom. The veins
should not be opened unless the patients are tranquil, or have
have partially or entirely recovered their senses. As soon as
the blood has ceased to flow, some broth should be given to the
patient, who will then fall into a deep sleep, in which state he
will remain for eight or ten hours. During this sleep a glu-
tinous mucus will collect in the mouth, which it is very im-
portant, and indeed essential, to be removed."

AN OPENING.—"There is an opening for some-
body," as the Kentuckian said, when a crocodile expanded
his jaws and looked hungry.
THE FRUIT MARKET.—Cherries are steady, at a
halfpenny the stick; but strawberries were very much flat-
tened in the early part of the week, by the rains, and were
nominally quoted at sixpence a pottle. Gooseberries were
buoyant, at tenper.ce a gallon; and, from something that a
very large holder inadvertently let drop, there was a sudden fall
in bigaroons, which drew off the buyers from the regular
market, and led to some very unfair transactions. The growers
—chiefly boys—were great gainers; though one or two, just at
the tail of business, were eventually severe sufferers.—Punch.