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Mr. WHITAKER, an intelligent member of the 
Bath Agricultural Society, has juft now favoured 
me with the following remarkable faét, which tends 
to corroborate this opinion:—Two perfons, very 
nearly related, had the misfortune to be bitten, at 
the fame time, by a mad-dog. One of them, being 
bitten in the thumb, immediately fucked the wound 
diligently till the blood ceafed to flow; and without 
ufing any other precaution, remained well. The 
other, whofe lip had been lacerated by the dog, be- 
ing difabled from fucking out the poifon, had imme- 
diate recourfe to the ufual remedy—fea-bathing, and 
with the ufual event. The infeétion took place, the 
hydrophobia came on, and death enfued. 
As this fafe and fimple method by fuétion requires 
no medical apparatus, can be inftantly performed 
abroad or at home, either by the party or a com- 
panion, with little lofs of time or delay of bufinefs, 
ought it not to be earneftly recommended to all 
perfons rernote from medical aid, particularly fhep- 
herds, hufbandmen, and agriculturifts? Nor need 
this preliminary ftep be any hindrance in profecuting 
at leifure the other modes of prevention, which 
have been confidered as moft effectual. Were 
thefe diligently purfued immediately after every, ac- 
cident of this nature, it is prefumed, the hydropho- 
bia would very rarely, if ever, appear. After the 
proper precautions, therefore, have been duly ob- 
ferved, the patient may be encouraged to banifh 
anxiety, 
