a ee 
Te he ee Sere 
Canine 3. Spontaneous Hydrophobia: 483 
who was afflicted witha Paralyfis of the Oifo- 
phagus, and confequently was unable to fwal- 
low any nutriment. By this mode the oil could 
not come in contaé& with the irritable parts of 
the gullet, but would immediately enter into. 
the ftomach, and thereby afford to the patient 
that chance of relief which the remedy has been 
faid to have effected, at leaft in one inftance. 
It is well known that the Antients relied greatly 
upon the ufe of this remedy. Ccelius Aureli- 
anus,* among other antient writers, recommends 
its ufe; but was aware that in moft cafes it could 
not be {wallowed, and therefore orders its exhi-. 
bition by another mode. 
Since I entered on the difcuffion of this part 
of my fubje@, I have read with great fatisface 
tion an account,f by J. Williams, Efq. of the 
furprifing efficacy of a remedy againft the dele- 
terious effects of the bite of feveral fnakes; and 
efpecially of the Cobra de Capello. Thefe fa&s 
are not only interefting, as pointing out a cer- 
tain and fimple mode of refcuing thofe expofed | 
to the bite of thefe venomous reptiles, from 
elmoft inevitable death, but alfo highly deferv- 
| Ooo2 ing 
* “Quod ita facere poterimus, fi calidam atque oleum 
clyftere per podicem injiciamus; et fi fieri poterit, diure . 
** mis diebus, parvum quidem tunc enim poterit contineri.”? 
Car, Avren, hd. 3, 231, de mord, acut, 
t AGatick Refearches, vol, IL. p. 29. 
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