ig8 Successful Treatment of a Case of Hydrophotid. 
the case, and begged that he would have the kindness to 
Suggest any thing that he thought likely to be of service. 
He and Mr. Sutton, as well as others of the profession, 
have been present. 
Observatiozs. 
In our observations, we are naturally led, first, to in- 
vestigate the disease as it appeared in the dog : secondty , 
the injury which followed the wound she inflicted in the 
hand of Abraham Cook : and, lastly, the result of the treat- 
ment that was in consequence adopted. 
She is described, as not being known by any one; her 
eyes were heavy, and had a glassy appearance. There was 
a flow of frothy saliva from her mouth ; her belly was re- 
markably gaunt, and the dogs she worried, although larger, 
and superior in strength, were at once frightened and dis- 
mayed: Her mode of attack was sudden, and without 
warning, for in no one instance was she heard to bark: alt 
of which symptoms are related by authors as appertaifting 
to canine madness. 
Vhe illness of Abtaham Cook commenced on the 5th of 
February, fourteen days after the accident. He then first 
perceived an uneasy sensation in the part that was bitten. 
On the 6th, it gradually became more painful. On the 7th, 
he had violent head-ache, voniitings; and pain at the pit of 
his stomach : his bowels were confined. When he drank 
some beer, it aggravated his sufferings. He suspected peo- 
ple were determined purposely to ride over bi im; and hts 
wretchedness was greatly increased by the chilliness he ex- 
perienced as he passed: over the river; and afterwards, 
when he reached his home, he refused to take any liquid, 
as his pains and sufferings were so great imniediately after 
he bad drunk the beer. At last, by persuasion, he made 
the attempt, and the consequence was immediate conyul- * 
sions. When he was put to bed; it was with difficulty he 
was detained there. His corivulsions increased, his fea- 
tures became more distorted, his eyes were suffused with 
blood, and he appeared anxiously endeavouring to escape 
some ideal object ; and such was the situation in which he 
was found by the writer, He was again pressed to take 
some water ; and although his sufferings did not at the mo- 
ment appear to be increased, still, as far as he was able, he 
persisted in refusing, and it was evident he could not drink. 
From the symptoms, and from the rapid increase of the 
disease, it was considered necessary immediately to adopt 
some decisive measures; and the writer haying read the 
“successful 
