, 1842-02-05

: or other animals with which he Is domesilca'ea
becoming suddenly attached to ANIMALS formeri
regarded with indifference; licking cold surfaces
as cold stones or cold iron. lie Is observed l
be shy, lonely, and irritable he avoids the ap
preach of other dogs, and sometimes oil man
and appears to be less eager for his food, or alto
gether to neglect it, his ears and tail frequent.
droop his look is suspicious and haggard, ant
sometimes, from the very commencement, Their
is a slight redness and watering OF the eyes. Ii
a short time, saliva begins to flow from his mouth
and passes by degrees into a viscid foam. Res
%piration is ID difficult, and performed with painting
and the tongue hangs out of his mouth. AT this
period, inspection Of the throat often shows 1t te
be red and inlamed. He has fever the skin is
sensitive to the touch, but he still obeys the
voice of his master, though now easily provoked
to snap at other objects. In many dogs the
signs of fury never rise higher than this but
in all there is a repugnancy TO control, and a
readiness to be aroused to extreme rage on the
appearance of a stick, whip, or other instru-
ment of punishment and all attempts at intimi-
dation only serve TO increase their rage"
In close connexion with this branch ofthc sub
ject, arises an interesting question. What pro-
portion of persons bitten by a rabid animal are
usually attacked by hydrophobia? Medical men
are not agreed upon this point. The highest
proportion given is one in sixteen the lowest,
one in twenty-five. The latter estimate is prob
ably nearest the truth. This being assumed as
the ratio, what an immense number of persons
must have been bitten in Prussia, in 1919; in
which year there were thee hundred and ~fify-six
deaths from hydrophobia in that kingdom! The
average number, for several years, was one-hun-
dred and sixty-six.
W. 1aapn a % JU.nrlo L..-e
toms of hydrophobia in man, after the full view
we gave of them on Monday, in portraying the
sufferings Of the recent unfortunate victim. In
reference tothe length of time the virus may lie
dormant in the human body, we shall only rel
%terate, that all the highest sources of medical in
telligence, TO which we have had access. agree
as TO the fact, that it may be two years. Larrcy,
who followed Napoleon, as surgeon-in-chief, in
all his wars, and who i, pronounced in the En-
peror's will the honestest man he ever knew,
gives a very curious and remarkable case in
point. n French soldier was bitten by a dog,
and showed various signs Of hydrophobia dur
ing nearly seven years. He at length sprained
his ANGLE, and being anxious 10 be discharged
from military service, would not permit Larry's
measures TO have any effect. The re-
suit was modification at the ancle joint, which
rendered amputation necessary. Immediately
fer the operation, hydrophobia showed itself in
its horrors, and soon swept the unfortunate
soldier into his grave.
A case is recorded Of a young artist in Edin-
who was violently bitten in the wrist BY
4 dog and such was his apprehension, that he
begged TO have the arm amputated. His request
refused; the wound was imperfectly excised;
and, eleven months afterwards, hydrophobia was
developed.
The son of a farmer, in the vicinity of this
city, was bitten many years ago, and no sign of
lIsease showed itself until near the termina-
ion of the twenty-iourth month after the bite.
In allusion TO this lurking power of the virus
IF hydrophobia, and its sudden outbreak and rap
ID progress 10 death, Galen, the great Greek ply
lcian, with his usual power Of expression, uses
he following language: The virus is like rood
'idced near the fire, which becomes gradually hot
er and hotter, and at length bursts into flames
md Is consumed" Whenever hydrophobia has
uily exhibited itself, medical records declare, as
nc result Of more than two thousand wears accu- '
nulated evidence, that not one case has been
.ured; yea, more: no remedy has even mitigated !
he symptoms. Hot bathing, blood letting in pro-
usion, opium, morphine, all anti-spasmodics, and
i'll other remedies, have proved as inert and pow
'rless as If used for recalling life back TO a corpse. '
'Hc StiohSSst miiiuS u ne mculcdi procession l
been bailed in all their attempts to over 7
this intractable agent of death. Amputa- .
ION of the limb has been frequently resorted 10
With such results as TO prevent all subsequent at :
empts Of the kind; its only effect being TO add TO |
he misery Of the victim, without offering him i
he shadow of a chance for even a mitigation of q
lis sufierings. What else could be expected af- {
er the Angel of Death has taken his inmovable
tand upon all the vital powers? The disease is '
10 longer in the wound: it is ~trooping, with all t
IS horrors and powers, up every avenue of life; t
nd any attempt TO destroy it by amputation is as h
npotent as TO undertake TO destroy the oak BIZ :.
emoving a spris of its foliage. !
That hydrophobia is Il constitutional affection, y
hen 1t first displays itself, is individually estab- II
by the following fact, which we find recor- a
ed in the Medico-C hirurgical Review, loaned Y
S Shy a medical friend. A Mr.. Coleman, owned :.
pregnant SOW, which showed such perfect evil :,
ences Of hydrophobia, that, at the suggestion of u
ONE medical friends, her throat was cut, and the Il
lgs removed from the uterus Immediately. Of q
he eleven, seven lived; every one of which sub o.
died of hydrophobia, between the tenth y
nd fifteenth days. IL
Many individuals, with whom we have CONVEX a
are under the impression that absolute and il
ivIng madness is an essential symptom OF the Ii
lsease. The truth is, it is more frequently alb 6,