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fm fwallowing, and a flow of faliva from the 
mouth. Whether the remedy acts fpecifically, 
by deftroying the quality of the poifon, or ge- 
nerally, by ftimulating the nervous fyftem, can- 
not with certainty be determined. But I am 
inclined to adopt the latter opinion. At all 
events it is abundantly proved, that the effects 
6f a moft deadly poifon (which aés violently 
on the nerves) have been counteracted by the 
operation of a certain medicine. ‘There is, 
therefore, fufficient reafon to hope, that its 
exhibition in canine madnefs may be attended 
with falutary effects. For, if two diftin@ kinds 
of poifon, generated by different creatures, 
produce fimilar phenomena in the human con- 
ftitution, we may fairly conclude that thefe 
effects originate from the fame proximate caufe. 
There will certainly be great, if not infuper- 
. able 
* Cobra de Capello, between the thumb and fore-finger of 
“her right hand: prayers and fuperftitious incantations 
t were prattifed by the Brahmens about her till fhe became 
‘*fpeechlefs and convulfed, with locked jaws, and a pro- 
sfufe difcharge of faliva running from her month. On 
“being informed of the accident, I immediately fent a 
& fervant with a bottle of volatile cauftic alkali {pirit, of 
4 which he poured about a teafpoonful, mixed with water, 
**down her throat, and applied fome of it to the part 
“bitten, The dofe was repeated a few minutes after, when 
“ fhe was evidently better, and in about half an hour was 
“i perfeitly recovered.” 
