American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-31
To The Editor Of the Balt.more Gaseiie

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under this disease was colored boy Moses Hn,onI
aged IL years, and resided about three mes fror
the city. He was bit in the foot by dog rasea >.
pet by him. On the night succeeding the Ri,
the dog ran off which excited suspicious Of bis r.,
ing mad: medical aid was procured the wopra
being slight it soon healed the boy was then mn ~
mercurial course and was supposed to be on, !;
danger. After the dog had bit the boy he bit .eye
raj animals, all which subsequently went mad and
died. About four weeks after the boy was bit. hi
foot began to swell and become painful, and on usu
al domestic remedies being used the swellieg subsi
ded, the foot appeared to be perfectly well, How.
after the bite. the boy had chill and complained
great assitude and constant chiness SO that he kent
close to the stove during that day. On Monday he
walked several miles, when he returned, to use ha
own words, he was :" child through and through y
his mother gave him some warm toddy, which an.
pear ed 10 compose him.-It was at that time di,.
tinctly seen that, although he drank with apparen,
pleasure at each effort 10 swallow there was sp,,
modic affection Of the throat, which continued to in
crease, and on Tuesday he positively refused to take
any kind of fluid. On that day he took some pur
gative medicine, which operated freely but he con-
tnued to grow worse, and on "Wednesday, the fourth
day alter the first evident chill, was invited to take
charge oi the case; l consented on condition that
D.. Arthur Pue OF this city, should be asked in con-
.sultalion; my terms were complied with and the
Doctor kindly consented to take share in the respon
sibiity. Wa visited the boy and found him labor
ing under the following symptoms-he complained
Of choking and soreness Of the throat, violent pain
in the breast and construction of the chest, pulls.
quick, frequent and feeble, great disposition 10 ur
nate, though sodlng but few drops at time, and
rom which he was constantly retreatng while pas.
sing it, So great was his horror Of water, or indeed
Of any fluid that ,he sight Of any vessel which could
by association remind him oil 1t, produced strong
Impressions. He did not complain Of the bitten
part, and on examination it appeared to be perfectly
sound; he was extremely impatient at the approach
of any person, and said he felt as If he should sufo
cate IT more than two or three were in the room II
the same time, and he became greatly agated either
on hearing The latch Of the door moved or the voice
OF any person Without and endeavouredt to retreat
The lar end oil the room. The glands under the
tongue were somewhat enlarged but not more than
could have expected to have found them, Tor the
whole system appeared to have suffered greatly in
the attack. After the examination we were perfect
y satisfied that The disease was not only genuine
case of Hydrophobia but that it was in its most ag
grayated form. We determined, from the success
that attended the administration OF Goulard's sou.
lon "a solution of lead) ina case reported in the
Baltimore Gazette, to give eighty drops every lhir.
~ minutes. We saw him O'Clock p. M. (Wed-
nesday) and notwithstanding the pain ii gave himlo
swallow fluids, he made the most manly efforts,
and succeeded in taking the medicine, and by the
next morning, he had taken two ounces OF i--at5
O'Clock A. M. (ThursdayI all the symptoms were
mtigaled He could take two pint cups and pour
tea from one to the other without suffering any un'
pleasant feelings, and could drink with very slight
convusive effort; the pain and construction OF the
breast and soreness OF the throat much better;
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intelligent boy oil his age. We ordered the med'
cines to be continued, (therc was unfortunately our
hours lost from the quantity given out during the
mighty under the strong impression that II would DC
successful from the improvement OF the symptoms
which had already followed its administration, haY
ing however at the same time our fears that should
there be q return OF the spasms, with any violence
in his enfeebled state would be faa and too true
were our fears, Tor he died about O'Clock Z, NJ.
| (Thursday) 10 q most violent spasm.--Some short
time before this took place the saliva flowed from bis
mouth, no! in stream, but in large quantities, J
was going TO say in coagulatcd state, approaching
nearly to the consstence of the white of an eggl
and in appearance not unlike curdled milk
! RemarfS.-From the success which attended Inc
administration OF the solution of lead in England
we gave it with full confidence Of SUCCESS and we arc
justified in the belief that il would have been sue
cessfu from the great benefit which followed IL
use even in this the last stage OF the disease theT'
had been strength Of constitution enough left to have
borne up under the violent spasms, and there does
not appear to be doubt remaining. that II the me
dicine had been given forty eight hours sooner, th
the patient would have recovered.
| am sure that am not 100 bold, when 60 Sc
far as to encourage the public, if unfortunately ano
ber case should occur, to commence and give ten
grains of sugar lead every thirty minutes the efee'
OF this being the as that Of Goulards aolnton
and it being preferable the strength Of the latter
is less certain. The object in giving this remedy
is to parayze the system, and thus to overcome 'ns
effect of the canine poison as possible inc
attendance OF some medical gentleman should ps
procured to guard and keep in check the effects o
the remedy, which is at all times easy TO be KEEP