a5j On the various Remedies recommended 



duly cauterifed. If any difficulty of deglutition has already 

 been felt, let a fharp blifter or finapifm be applied to the 

 throat, extending from ear to ear. For, unlefs the morbid 

 impreffion can be obliterated by one yet ftronger, and the 

 natural aftion of the fympathifing parts fpeedily reftored, 

 there can be but final 1 hopes of fuccefs. 



'' A malady fo rapid in its progrefs, fo intraftable by na- 

 ture, demands Herculean remedies, and warrants a prudent 

 trial of the mofl aftive fubftances with which we are yet ac- 

 quainted. The atropa belladona, in dofes of four or five 

 grains, has been highly extolled by fome German profeiTors; 

 the laurocerafus half grain, and arfenic one-eighth by others. 

 The hyofcyamus niger, in form of extraft, given in dofes o£ 

 15 or 30 grains, in cafes of fixed melancholy, attended with 

 horrors and obftinate watciiings. I have fometinies found 

 verj' beneficial. It moreover procures deep and eompofure 

 of mind ; often where opium fails, or even adds to the in- 

 quietude. Now thefe potent remedies, with due caution, 

 may be tried in fucceffion : if they fail, they only fhare the 

 common fate of former antidotes ; but if one of tliem {hould 

 anfwer, it may afford an important addition to our ftock of 

 knowledge. 



*' adly. To afliiage the fpafms, and foothe the nervous 

 fyftem. 



" To efFeft this after the hydrophobia has aflually ap- 

 peared, all impediments, and whatever may hurt the acute 

 feelings of the patient, or, by the power of aflociation, tend 

 to aggravate his fufferings, mud be firft carefully removed ; 

 no dog muft on any account be allowed to enter the room. 

 Not water only, and other liquids ; but all glaring colours, 

 and glafs mirrors, muft be kept entirely out of his fight. No 

 loud noife, nor cold air, muft be fufFered to moleft him. 

 Having thus removed impediments, we muft next endeavour 

 to aflift nature in alleviating the fpafms and in procuring a 

 lucid interval. If there be any critical evacuation in this 

 difeafe favourable to our views, it muft, I conceive, be that 

 of fweat. 



" -In the cures recorded by Dr. Nugent and others, in 

 }ive or fix cafes of the hydrophobia in an advanced ftate, the 



treatment 



