%6o On ibe various Hemcdiss recommended 



the lungs, but aff-aredly never from the fkin, even in the 

 fevereft fox-chace. 



*' As the gaftric Uquor of a healthy, anunal has the fin- 

 gular property of counteracting annual poifons taken into 

 the ftomach, might not this fluid, applied to the enve- 

 nomed woundj tend to deltroy the aftivity of the canine 

 poiion ? 



*' As the faliva differs very little from the galtric liquor, 

 may it not, in the aiSl of fucking out the poifon, add to the 

 fecurity by fubduing any minute remnant lurking at the bot- 

 tom of the wound ? 



*' Mr. Whitaker, an intelligent member of the Bath Agri- 

 cultural Society, has juft now favoured me with the following 

 remarkable fa6l, 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 ceafcdtoflow; and,- without ufing any other 

 precaution, remained well. The other, whofe lip had been 

 lacerated by the dog, being difabled from fiiqking out the 

 poifon, had Immediate recourfe to the ufual remedy, fea- 

 bathing-— and with the ufual event. The inftclion took 

 place ; the hydrophobia camc on.; and death enfued. 



*' As this fafe and fimple method by fuCtion requires no 

 medical apparatus, cau be inftafttly performed abroad or at 

 home, either by the party or a companion, with, little lofs of 

 time or delay of bufinefs, ought it not to be earneftly recom- 

 mended to all perfons remote from medical aid. particularly 

 fliephcrds, hulbandmcn, .and agriciillu rifts ? Nor need this 

 preliminary ft°p be any hindrance in prftfecuting at leifure 

 the other modes of prevention, which have been confidered 

 a$ moft eflecluaj. W^ere thefe diligentlv purfued. immediatelv 

 after every accident of this nature, \\ it prcfumed, the hydro- • 

 phobia would very rarely, if ever, appear. After the proper 

 precautions, therefore, have beeri duly obferved, the patient 

 may be encoura-red to banifli anxiety, and reft in fulj aflur- 

 aijce of his fafety. He may alfp purine his ufual manner of 

 Jiving, and frequent cheerful company ; abftaining, however, 

 from every kind of inteniperauee, or being hurried away by 



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