Successful Treatment of a Case of Hydropholia. 199 
successful treatment of hydrophobia, and the interesting 
communications related by Mr. Tymon and Dr. Shoolbred 
in the East Indies, he was determined without further loss 
of time to pursue to the utmost the means that had been 
attended with such unusual success. Twenty ounces of 
blood were taken from the arm in six minutes. He fainted; 
and the pulse could scarcely be felt for one hour. His 
convulsions abated; his countenance had nearly lost all 
expression of distress; and, when he recovered, his first 
request was to be allowed to indulge in that which the bare 
idea of, but one hour before, seened to be a source of the 
greatest suffering. He drank some water, and was greatly 
refreshed by it. At this period, no medicine whatever had 
been taken, nor for the space of two hours afterwards, and 
during the whole time he was comfortable, and his bowels 
were relieved. He now commenced taking every three 
hours large doses of opium, &c. but, instead of bis con- 
tinuing to enjoy ease and comfort, or further relief from 
his bowels, his night was restless, and in the morning there 
appeared to be some reasons for apprehending a recurrence 
of the disease. Bleeding was again had recourse to, with 
similar success, excepting that the same effect was not pro- 
duced upon the bowels, which possibly were rendered more 
difficult of action from the use of the opium, but which 
was afterwards effected by opening medicine. From this 
time no further symptom worthy of mention occurred, and 
the patient perfectly recovered. 
Tt might here be remarked, that although hydrophobia 
in its very far advanced stages 1s generaliy described with 
more force and violence of symptoms, yet it is presumed 
that the patient’s symptoms and sufferings were decidedly 
in consequence of that disease. 
Particular attention is requested to the immediate altera- 
tion which took place in the disease, after the abstraction 
of blood, and before any other remedy had been exhibited. 
With the testimony and assurance of Dr. Shoolbred, the 
writer felt sanguine in the result; and from his own ex- 
perience of the success of rapid bleedings in diseases most 
resembling hydrophobia, he believes, if adopted in any 
stage of the disease where bleeding is admissible, and in 
the manner and to the extent required, it will be attended 
with as great a share of success as is usual in other diseases 
imminent in danger. 
In confirmation that the success will depend upou the 
manner, and the extent, in which the operation is per- 
formed, the writer avails himself of the acknowledged high 
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