, 1874-07-10

months aftorward-tho brother WHO remained
,ron m5a,ee q. dIed ot hydrophoma. Ton yoara late
told for the lrat tino tint Ills brotilor ind dit
Of hydrophola. That vory night symptomn
liie dlsoaso appeared in him. and llo died iii tn
days. IN, Now, that is worry striking caao, and Of
tho virus romainod dormant Ia that mn,,'g bad
Tor ton years. It oortainly Is a very romarknb
easo' and tho only question Ia aa to wl,ether 1t
srao , or mol l aee no reason to doubt bccn,r
o. tho analogous InAlancea I lavo nddncot
And We know, too, that vnrious diseases OF Il,
nervous ayalem vlioh aro accompanied with vol
marKed pathological, morbid, atrnctural ollange
IRE Intllaeoa sn by omos!on-inilanmatio Of th
70 our knowledge whore inflammation OF tn
brait'-a disoase undoubtedly Of Btrctural char
aotor-has boon adduce,! by emotional disturb
ah, ahhcca, ana T., wo know insanity haa atructufa
Ono moro point. It'll supposed Tint tho mum
Dor Of med doga Ia worry groat. Tho number o
Ieai rabid u animals Is very small. In tho popu
.at'oh oo1 o. narie M amounting at iia time probabl5
tho proportion Of hydrophoblo rationts tt tc
tue population is inilnltoly emall. almost
only 'as aounts %s0's e p1e'0e et cont Of PaFs
Now, In Brooklyn nnit Nsw York i,boo,o0o1 ia
population. thora havo boon thrco certain casos
9f hyurophobla In tho inst, year, aud admitting
and Entwiatlo-thorc are only Ave in tic COURSE COURSE
Of last yoar, and yet the whole oilies OF Now
York and Brooklyn go almost rabid Ut tho
tdsa s,n gt tlts am tnelned to think, Us Dr.. Lont
W aHy tnss 1e the gt 10 vosy much moro at
Then OF tho dogs bitton by other dogs known to
30 hydrophobio only 23 porcent become affected,
Mana a ha tue eoostnd 51rSron u stu ssller John
QUO people being bitten BY tho Hntno dog, and
only ono Ind tho hydrophobia. I would d make
] tnb ratio about one to fifteou who arc nffcntod
after botng bitton, eyon II no precautions aro
Il Will say, likowiae, that tho dog that bit Adn
Glare (AlrH Noyes), tle actroas, bt nj tic sanlo
| t1mo four other perRonH, but Adm Claro was the
ons ohg ono who who !; soGsme hydropAohlo Mr. jon
do IS hope 9h9 & sn By the sane
~! tho audience With dog, whoao leoth had boon
bunted, was hcro asked by Dr.. Hammond II tho
dSeg Ssgt IT, @ S RWsPafh Wnf ha G clothing snd replied
your becoming hydrophoblo, because t tho dor o.
would loco tue saliva in the clothing. T1cro nrS
INSTANCES whore the bite has begu unpn tbc
naked skin, and inoculation haH not taken p]aco.
~ nnq ~ tas Is not so vory strange when you think
an5 cholera, and who yot do not tako tIo diaoaso.
:, The period Of incubation yarios worry coneilor-
any: ,s1t. ~ T., n note to vofy old book on hydro
presented by him to br. David Aoasack, Of Ills Ills
eit5, Who mado this noto- fn the margin. 1t Is
Gays 1fter THO bite. That Ia uertaptv remnrk-
eap'o. u is tho shortest timo OH record, II Tint
twenty months, nnd II We mny believe oil wo
read tor twtnty years, although think so must
sako thoso atatements With some grainH OF a.
I havo . letter from lr. Blunt vhiol, re.
!ateB to the theory TINT poluon nav be-
bitten, by non-hydrophobio dor and take
tl,.,, tne dlseaao. He says that Or. bush, IN
IRIS irlsh \. surgeon who renidcd In this oity num-
incnco here know . person who diol in tho Dub
lip Hospital Of hydrophobia from tie bito Of a |
dog thas lived quito number Of years after |
ward.
TIE hest rnEyEnT1vgs.
Now would HE to soy few words in regard |
to prevention, though to great extent it viii
bo roitoration of wllat has already boon sald by
othors sand better authorities. In my OPINION
there is no preventive ttat can equal o1oIeion,
and aln Inclined 70 think that when o1cision ID
Of the symptoms, 1t viii DO elfootual. / think 1
would do 1t as aoon az possible, but Should not
hoaltnte to 90 it ut my time. II woro bitten by
d, ,hydroPhoblo dog, aud could nut Mt onco got
where could havo 1t cut out, would hare it
;slt out whom 7 could got where could hnyo it
lone, but certainly should not dispense With It
si1ogether; m Tho weight Of authority Seems to
oo LIN. II u y Done 1t any time boforo tho de-
! 10 not think that caustlo can bo regarded as go
III 'nIe q preventive as oxcision. It haB failod
4hotngh gl Dr. Hewst tried y pomo 400 tiinos
,re' ,nec.uanY' md Was bitten himsolf by anlmnls
'et this moans fa!iod With him at last, or ,was
IMPOSED to havo failed. He WAS found with
NJ efains bqwn out and tho circumstances
escape p hyrophobs r aa e aem"5sa av%atos satoe %
pom him. u liz hdnSins nfiGps0'{g gocn fot bfon gaming
hort tlmo before by. q hydrophobio cog, Wo
now nf Taa raS while caustio has falod o3oiuon has
nc 1e.,l most e,ffcctual preventive. havo Per.
fty r. yror; Or ;fofty timea aoveral Of them supposed
1e rapia aogp, md in mono Of those casoa has
yalopnon'a ensuod. praetioed tho plan first r
,entioneu by Rolx, celebrated French s,1r- :
con- Of cutting little picco Of wood as nearly i
possible the size tho wound, Inserting Il
10 10 tne t wound and then cutting 80 M to OK
contact with tho wood. / nm incliuni to :,
INK TINT fs tue bost ,nothod We hayo OF oxo i
s,on, s.na, ana therefore Of preventing the I
+ o orop1 ana tut + oootaay earriod
dog, dog, whethor supposed to be rabid or or not
ould bo grcatly diminlBllcd and that no shonl5 D
we very much loss hydropllobia than NO now T.
In regard to tho treatment, thero is not oc,, q,
aay ont have ono or two ii1oaa about it III
lich would like to monlion to the Society. + n
inollnoa to think that the most olfectual 81
osnGa o. trea.mont would be tho persistent ap- o.
'uld put ono pole to tho patients head and tho 81
q ler to hts foot, and mako tho current flow Of
all the timo while tho disease last- &C
la ono case reported by Mr.. schivadi, ho Y
tnnt monns maintained the life of tho patient III
!aat, and then tho patient diod with :.
any bydrophobio symptoms, seonl- b.
TO die purely from exhaus-
n. Recoloot, that nloans haH not been used or
'cossfu1y in but two caaos. solliyadi lged It
some former case, but thore was sucE d 1t.
slect about tho application of 1t TINT it was > :
!, etfaotually carried out, and 10 that patont to
with hydrophobiA fully developed. There rol
dozena Of ways In which galyanism cam be !
'lied; but which ono will 10 moro oacctual or
others or what tho effect will bo We cnuuot fot
lnitely Bay until wo hayo ,nore exporio,,ee
III tho subject. There is aonia grountl. like
9, Tor thinking that in tho application of tic +
nary galYanlo ourront in THAT manner We tho
Q one Of tho most. il not tho most. oiTeot,ai
'na Of treating. dtsoaso known to us. And Or
?, in addition, would apply Ice to the spiuai a t
aud to tllo whole length Of tic sp;no' in,
keep Tue patient Immersed IN it, you ; nav ar,
tho whole time. 1haye uned Ice Guito ox. moi
va in ft1n