The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-12

while sensible and is afraid for the Bystand-
ers that he shall unwiliingiy hurt them. Hence
you may slways reckon upon his dying within
the fourth Day from the first State Of his III
ness convulsed with most terrible Anguish
upon drawing his Breath.
The Cure has hitherto Gf you except few
Cases. been very doubtful and unsettled. and
not only the Therapeutic. but also the Prophy-
Tactic. The first and chief reason of this IS
the vain Boosting of many having speclncK
Remedies; and then the Neglect of Me5noo,
which might be deduced from the Known
nature of the disease.
A few lines are then devoted to the
development of the disease and the ne
ressity of adopting rational treatmenV'
and the book continues:
The Method to preserve one that is bit from
farther Harm requires:
First-That ium ediately after the Poison is
communicated, the whole affected Place, To-
rether with the surrounding. be Immediately
scarified very deep and Blood be drawn to
great Quantity by Means of large Glasses laid
over the scariied Parts, or the same be burned
deep with red hot Iron; then the Part be
made to suppurate for a long while by means
of such things as ulcerate by their constant
Corrosiveness. In the meantime, from the Be-
ginning of the Cure to the End, foment the
Parts with Pickle made of Baysalt and Vim
egar, and these things ought to be continued
till over the sixth Month from the first Acct
dent.
Second-The Clothes and other things which
may have been touched with the Poison, or
that the mad Animal has bfeathed upon, ought
to be laid aside and carefully avoided.
fundamentally after the Infection is
known he ought to be thrown and hurried
into great Frights, using even violent Threats,
to be thrown unawares into the Sea or River,
to be held some time.under Water, and dipped
again, repeating this several times with the
same Circumstances. For that this Submer-
sion cures no other ways than by the prodl-
gious Disturbance it occasions in the Spirits,
and not by the Quality of the salt Water, Is
too well known from what has happened to
those poor Wretches, who in helping to hold q
Patient in this Case under Water were bit by
him. for they have not escaped the highest
degree of Hydrophobia, notwithstanding they
would fall to swimming and to ducking in salt
Water for many Hours from the Moment they
felt themselves bit, thinking thereby to pre-
vent all Harm. Let him afterward be purged
often and very strongly with Rhubarb,
Agarick and the Juice of Elder Bark.
Fourth-Let him be made to sweat every
morning fasting by giving him some spiced
Vinegar, with Bay Salt and plenty of hot Wa
ter.
Fifth-Let him wash and battle daily his
Hands and Feet, his Head and Mouth. and
swim often.
Sixth-Let him frequently drink cold Water,
and as often vomit it up again; after which let
what he drinks be acidulated or made sharp.
Let his Diet be moist. light, loosening and often
in such Quantity till he voniis it up again,
forbearing the Use Of too many Anomalies,
Wines, heating Means, and also too great Mo-
lions of the Body or Passions of the Mind.
But the Cure of the Disease already present
ought to be attempted, and chiefly in the first
Stage and the Beginning of the second the
more, because the least Neglect is at