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2dly. To calm the violent fpafms, and foothe the 
nervous fy{tem. | 
gdly. To fupport the ftrength, and invigorate 
the whole frame. 
To anfwer the firft of thefe indications, much ftill 
depends on external means, and clofe attention to the 
injured part. The moment any darting pains, attend- 
ed with numbnefs and difcoloration, are perceived, 
they denote the poifon to be in an aétive ftate, and 
that no time ought to be loft in profecuting the moft 
vigorous meafures. The period from the com- 
mencement of thefe fymptoms to the approach of 
the hydrophobia is uncertain, and perhaps rarely 
exceeds five or fix days. To prevent, therefore, the 
irritation being propagated to the throat, let the 
fufpected part be immediately cut out, and the fur- 
face of the wound duly cauterized. If any difficulty 
of deglutition has already been felt, let a fharp blif- 
ter, or finapifm, be applied to the throat, extending 
from ear to ear. For unlefs the morbid impreflion 
can be obliterated by one yet ftronger, and the na- 
tural aétion of the fympathizing parts fpeedily re- 
ftored, there can be but {mall hopes of fuccefs. 
A malady fo rapid in its progrefs, fo intractable by 
nature, demands Herculean remedies ; and warrants 
a prudent trial of the moft aétive fubftances with 
which we are yet acquainted. The Atropa Bella- 
donna, in dofes of four or five grains, has been 
highly extolled by fome German profeffors; the 
lauro-cerafus 
