476 — Micellaneous Obfervations on 
vous irritation, and therefore required the fame 
mode of cure. With equal fagacity, and by a 
ftriking coincidence frequently to be met with 
among men of talents and obfervation, Dodétor 
Percival* had pointed out the fame refemblance 
‘between thefe difeafes, and had alfo fuggefted 
a fimilar mode of cure, previous to the publi- 
cation of Dr. Ruth on this fubject. Both thefe 
Authors have produced feveral cafes to confirm 
their opinions. The following ftriking inftance 
of fimilitude between Tetanus and Hydrophobia 
was communicated to me by Dr. Percival. ‘The 
cafe occurred fince the publication of his valu- 
able obfervations on canine madnefs, and was 
fent to him through the medium of Doétor 
Haygarth. Mr. Wilmer of Coventry, well 
known by his many ingenious works, attended 
the patient, and furnifhed the defcription of the 
cafe. —‘t A young gentleman, pupil to a Sur- 
** geon of this town, had the middle finger 
** flightly wounded by a {plinter of wood, on 
¢* its internal edge, and juit over the part where 
** a nerve accompanies the artery to the end of 
** the finger. In about a week the little wound 
*t healed.. A day or two after, he complained 
S¢ of a fliffnefs in his throat and neck. ‘This he 
*+ attributed to his having taken cold. ‘The 
** complaint 
* Effays Med. and Experim. vol, II, 
