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the-mtlis.action to ?ntlos6
•ffdtrol njilrephobia, eflitted by

cise ittjdegb,
bloo7llst ti41!4.4 iks I CO4t.citlee and
estensivti; promulgetiott.or this ease to be tit.lhe ut-
Me.it initiortan?leto the Hies of -individual'
s, and be.
trig' acipaiatetwith tfo Wtie,ths by which...that gin be
a..eempfilised 'so readily 'be through'. tile Medians of
•yopl'iletper, i trust not refuse me the fa.
*but Of giving if a'speetiy ludettion. 4 Sir, your
litirift obedient atiaut,
- 'OM StlOOLDltiltD,. N. D.
Tuesow, MAT 5, 1812.—About three P. M.
Ameir, a Musselman Lthestie, frin. 25 to 30 years
of age, and middle stature, in the service of Mr.
John WZod, itchoolmester, at Chowringhee, was
brought to the. Native Hospital, labouring ruler the
most unequivocal symptoms' of hydrophobia.
The note from Mr. Wood, requesting admission
for this patient, and the ;friends who accompanied
him, stated that he bad been bitten in the leg about
three weeks before by a dog believed to be mad, and
that thesyniptems of his disease had appeared that
mottling.' the sth.
I visited him in tliehospital the moment I heard of
his arrival, and found him sitting on the side of a
cot,• With an attendant bolding .him by each arm.—
The iew was sufficient to satisfy 'ate of the,nas
tare airs complaint.
His body, arms, and throat, Were • affected with
tottitant ana uncontroulable spasmodic stariiegs.—
The muscles of his face were thrown•into quick comp
itulsive t• -lion at each inspiration, drawing back the
angles of the mouth, and, 'at the' same instant,
pressing the lower jaw, so 319 toftommunicate We'
most hideous eipression to the enuiitenance. His
ayes 'appeared itartitig frotn'theiV sockets and su tfu
*kb blood; sortie irises fixed in a wild and tetrilicl

More, nt Rowel, rollitor about, ai irtbey followed
;010 11 object •of terror from ' which he titiiire-*

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heeded immediate "dangei. A viscid saliie flowed 1 diately opened evein in the letters?, at .
.alloyed he,
from 'll4 mouth, which was always open,. eseeptl blood to flow again till he completely feinted; Nit
when ie.. lies Were voiliiientarily brought together "presiolis to this effect of the hirditig, the pain at
for tl:e perpose of fnrcibly expelling the offensive se., -the stoineetiltili Meted ; end Orlillel.the bleed' was
crehon that adhered to them, and which he effected yet 'llowlirtt; be had again diva: four ounces of
wiffi.that peculiar kind of noise which has beeirnfien warily witheet fear •or &lest.' When ho recovered
compared to tee berking of eft., His temple* and cfreer'fhe Mating fit, he retched Several times; but,
throat were bedewed with daintily viiiiiioere.'• His • as hefote;-'dlsEhargerl nikhing but clims. .‘ •
ses,lralion was eat* qiiitely hurrttkl mid might snore •- At-thistend of the first bleeding his pulse was 164.;
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propptlv be • .alled pa ,-,.ilig than breathing; 'or, k irnmediltely. ' before the second, it • witS .9G, with a
still more necrly resembled that short and interrupted '.stight-itegive of'slittiperss 'in the fiest ; miderter re-
kii.:i .1' sobbing that takes place whena person•gre- -.eoreriiigfroiletlieftlieting'oectisiiiiied dy' The lecond
dual;y descends into the cold,bath.. lie was exceed-' bleetgeg,:it'aeat:'ell, •-regality, soft,. Ind feeble, and'
hid) impatient of restraint, and• whenever he could he ilosCtiliiiPlaivied of nothing' bet. extreme weali.
get a i.:iiid. disengaged, he immediately. struck Abe. nest, etittliddiepiA Of the head. Anti et-iltisittite
pit of less stomach with it—pointing out that part as, .-nf the ettiae,' I apprehend, it will be allowed, thist•
the seat of some undescriba hie uneasiness. From the the rivre• eflthe' Hydrophobia Wits compfeti:..—Aiether.
co,.:!t.teit agitation of his whole frame and the start- it wbuld bd'peettialierit or' not, remained let to be
ins of his arms, it was impossible tommut his poise, seert:`" -. ' --- . • •-•- - , i •• -
withe‘actiless; it was, however, very unequal,both • %Viten 'I begvie Ifni treatment of tisis.:patierit,ltzwits
in strength and. frequency ; at times Prarcely per- my intiiition' • tit ' hates:lid, -to' fellowlwerery dr..
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ceptit.le; turd thin rising again ender the finger; cumeteniethe-pirecticePurPuedby lilr.*Tyrnekes sist:*
sonytimes medeta tely. vie w and -retitle! far .a few. maid ' ease ; 'ititti Sieeerttingly, : a :draught of .106,
pulsations and immediately after, so quick as not drape fif **foie Of opicism; and an enetila or
to be counted ; hut conveying epee the whole, an 360, wets in 'readiness to be administered inneediate.;
idea-of the greatly oppressed and impeded circula- ly 'after N411%441111. But seeing the •Mirprising ef.
dots'. Ills skin was net hot; and though his head, facts of -the bleeding iihisse,erid-- feeling convinced
was lir incessant motion, accompanied with such sa- that the dfseese was, fur 'the preseal itleait, cein-
vageespression and *coethrtien of Countenance, as pletely annihilated, by the cupietisnest iit that era-'
migitt easily have alarmed' those unaccustomed to such. cuation, I determined to preserve the treatment es
apwarancvs, he made no attempt to bite; which Is simple as pctssible, in order that if' the patient did
far from being a frequent symptom. of the disease; filially recover, it might with certainty be kalown to*
and-shear it does occur, -must be considered merely what he owed his safety : and .that thencethe appli.,
as an act of impatieitee at being held--end no More mantlef tbeiansei practice tirfature cases 'of Hydro..
than tin peculiar noise above noticed, es -indicatieg pitirbtft, Vicht lajtlYthe4rieter confidence be recom.
any thing of the canine nateeeimparted by the bite ; j meelediesivietiett in•Viiiets I iris the mere eon.
an opinion nhitkhas been somerimea rapcifoily.but tivinetilroth havingheard-someMedical friendS,whoso
abseriVy entetteiped. . -' .. opinions are entitled to every degree •Of: respect,
NVhen questioned coucerniughis oivelptilage or' escritie.hlr;?vmon's seccess to the mercury he had
t'rip.cause. of hisillness; he was incapable of repkieg., Used, rither.tiiiin th.the bleeding.
any-reply; being prevented, it. is proliablpi eckheA:. - Tara now fully persuaded, howr..rer, that I might
by tuna hurried: state-6Ellls. respiration, eri. hq... *a inifet,i,4,,,ortar -at 117drorih obia was. conrertied—have
wed being ten deeply absorbed its. the Ceotemplatimf ceUtted all remedies after the bleeding ; but thhil.-
or herfiblo ideas, to admit of his attending to, -The. log Cfitrealtnel and eltitins; in repeateddoses, were
n,eeri... addressed to him. •.. • ••• - . --.- More•likety •*than any thing else, to induce that state

r ii• ed water trr be offered to him.; -at -theaters.
t: ... 'started.. with increased horror eat
a,-.: •:. a ,•I endeavoured. to disentite hinisetfftem
tt. . • •. When one-of the attendants ap.
j, • a -et‘p- cater, beloaked.at,it
f . CII4I sobn,'ettects„ sw;ith apparent 71'elett-
anis.- .• • : nut his band to take. held. of it, but I
• • could reach the cup, his•isendwasinddenly
t, back by a convulsive motion, at the same in.
slant he turned aqay his head, end• writhed him.
self round on the bed in an agony -of terror and de-
Epair, whotty inconceitahle by any OMIT% who ints
not been a witness of the horrors of this mast dread.
let and hitherto, it may be added,
,most irremediable
of human maladies.

Such was the state of the patient at the moment of
his admission, and for the few minute's that neces►
barfly elapsed whale these appearances were passing
under my observation.
Of the nature of tare Complaint there could not
exist a shadow of doubt ; and having so recently
rcad in the Madras Papers, a case of hydrophobia
successfully treated by Mr. Tymon, of -his Nlajes-
Ws '2`_tdl Dragnoils, by bleeding, mercury, and opium,
1 determined on the immediate ado tion of the same

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I therefore, without delay, opened a vein in the
right arm by a !Inge orifice, out of which the 1400(1
sprung with uncommon impetuosity, and of so florid
a colour as to resemble arterial rather than !minims
blood. I.tv the time that sixteen or twenty ounces of
blood had flowed, the spasmodic starlings of his arms,
body, awl neck, had considerably diminished, his
breathing haul become more calm, with 'less contor-
den of countenance, and he audibly acknowledged
that the pain about the prrecordia and region of the
stomach was upon the decline. Encouraged by these

apv.‘arances-of amendment, I. allowed the
flow of blood to continue, nod when about 'two pints
‘t ~re taken away, seeing him greatly composed, I
desired waivr to be. againooffered to him—when,
equally to my astonishment and delifht, he took•the
cup in his left hand, the blood still (rum his
arm, mid calmly, but uith tudowriba.bis

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a the -sy‘tein'lsitidt .i'otildibe least faveutableki a
tilapri; -and also, 'that if -the patient, noterithatand-
big Hi present proinising appearance, did itot finally
recover, it wouldcertainly be said, that I had not
given him a fair ehance, by departing, in any peed-
cus.ar, from the treatment which had proved so suc-
ressful in the hands of Mr; Tymnto, I was inclined
to conform to it soccr, as- to order four-grains of.
calomel and one grain of opium, to be givenevery
three hours. ,
The first Wei taken at a quarter before six ;
but 'it was :iraraediately rejected, followed by,, some
water. A gerand was given five -minutes before six,
awl-remained, 'lre now slept till seven—then drank
-some more Water, and had a natural evacuation of

his bowels. Another circumstance which 'confirmed
me in the belief, that the disease was completely and
permanently subdued—having never before seen in
my own experience,' nor read in any history of the'
disease, of such an occurrence as a natural action ofh
the alimentary canal, in a case of Hydrophobia. '
At nine he took another pill, and egainntocelm
—and continued to slumber and•drink weteeikeerteli
as he pleased.
• WEDNESDAY, MAY 6.—(20 DAY.)-6 A: M. nee

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passed flieaight 'well. Took a pill at three, and an-
other now. has drank water freqUently. Pulse 84.1
Skin cool. Tongue clean at the edged—some re.''
mains of beetle, eaten before he waslaken 111, cover.
the centre part. Two more alvine evaeUntions.dar-
ing the night. Complains of head-sell—but • is' en-
tirely free from uneasiness about the stomach.
On examining the blood drawn yesterday, it is
found not to be in the least convex—neither does, it
exhibit the,slightest appearance of what is called the
huffy coat. The quantity first drawn, making al,
lowance for the evaporation of the akbt measures:

40 ounces ; find-the last between saran and "eight.
NINE, A. M.—=took auotherpill, which was fol.
lowed by another eracastion,.aad its half an heat,
afterwards he ate SO °dates of issgo. Is quite cow.'
posed, and cats answer questions distinctly concern.
iog the accident and subsequdat,lotwurrelbcelli tillt UN
tinteke4tea *ea iii.

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