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mad. On the roth day after the accident the boy 
fickened, on the 11th came on the hydrophobia, and 
on the 13th he died.—In this inftance, how early 
the feizure!_ How rapid the progrefs!* 
From thefe alarming cafes, we learn, that a dog 
may arrive at an advanced period of the difeafe 
without refufing food, or fhewing the diftinctive 
marks of madnefs. 
adly. That the poifon is more fpeedily brought 
into action when the bite is in the face or lips, than 
in the extremities, according to what has been 
obferved by the beft authors. 
3dly. That unlefs the poifon be entirely eradicated, 
neither the cauftic nor the moft celebrated remedies 
can avail. Ifa dog, therefore, without any vifible 
caufe, fhould betray any fign of indifpofition, or 
actually bite a perfon, he ought (inftead of being 
killed, according to the vulgar praétice) to be con- 
fined in a fafe place, and narrowly watched: if he 
were really mad, the difeafe will foon thew itfelf, and 
he will infallibly die within a few days. 
Of Worming Dogs. 
If the operation of worming, (as it is called) which 
is performed by extratting a {mall worm-like filament 
feated under the tongue, can, as fome experienced 
fportfmen affirm, either prevent madnefs in dogs, or 
* Medical Repofitory, vol. i. p. 240. 
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