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XXXHTI. Particulars of the successful Treatment of a Cas€ 
of Hydropholia; with Observations, @c. By Rick 
WInneE, Apothecary, Shrewsbury. 
On the morning of January the 22d, 1813, a strange 
pointer bitch was observed by a young woman on the road 
leading from Monkmoor to Shrewsbury. She thought 
there was something uncommon in her look ; and having 
a mastiff dog along with her, which was in the habit of 
attacking every dog she set him at, she immediately en- 
deavoured to put them to fight, purposely that the road 
might be free for her escape. The mastiff, instead of ad- 
vancing, instantly slunk behind, and seemed much fright- 
ened. The pointer then flew at the female, and tere her 
cloak; she did not receive any further injury. The bitch 
proceeded, and was met by a man driving cows, by one of 
which she was attacked, and in the encounter the cow was 
bitten in the leg; but upon its being washed and examined, 
the owner could not perceive that the skin was broken. 
The pointer next entered a house, and bit a kitten, which 
was destroyed ;—{rom thence she went to Emstrey (about 
two miles distant), and, without the least provocation, bit 
a greyhound, which was likewise killed; she then pro- 
ceeded to Chilton, about a mile further. A little beyond, 
on the road, she attacked a child who was carrying a bas- 
ket of meat; the meat was thrown down, but was not 
noticed by the bitch. She repeatedly flew at the child, and 
tore her bonnet and clothes, but did not inflict any wound. 
The child, alarmed, ran forward to Atcham, which is but 
a short distance, and seeing the dog coming that way, she 
cried out for help. A mau antoading coal was going to 
her assistance, when the bitch, without barking, or giving 
any other warning, rushed under the waggon and attacked 
him; she flew two or three times at his tace, and, when he 
was endeavouring to protect himself, sbe bit him in the 
left band, She then crossed the road, and attacked and 
bita dog, which was destroyed. She was pursued about 
half a mile, and was shot by a keeper belonging to the 
Right Honourabie Lord Berwick. 
Abraham Cook, tat. 58, the person who was bitten by 
the pointer bitch, is of middle stature, of florid complexion, 
at times suffers from dyspepsia, and after great exertion, 
or excess in drinking, has been subject to fainting fits. In 
about an hour after he was bitten in the hand, he was per+ 
suaded by his friends to walk to Shrewsbury; and the 
bitten part was excised by Mr. Thomas Sutton, Bact 3 
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