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spasmodic contraction which had previously threatened suffo- 

 cation. At one o'clock, on the 13th of August, I repeated the 

 venesection eight ounces, and gave 45 drops of the extract of 

 lead, mixed in a small portion of honey. At three, this morn- 

 ing, the dose was repeated, and notwithstanding the powerful 

 astringency of the medicine, there was certainly less difficulty 

 in the act of swallowing. The pain about the stomach had 

 been reduced in violence, since the use of the lancet a second 

 time, and the mind had become more calm and collected. At 

 live o'clock the thirst having increased bevond endurance, he 

 expressed a desire to drink ; a little weak brandy and water, 

 mixed in a tea-pot, was presented to his notice ; but the mo- 

 ment the fluid had been taken to the lips, a violent spasm came 

 on, he seized the vessel with the fury of a maniac, and bit the 

 spout off. In 25 minutes after this paroxysm had subsided, 50 

 drops of the solution of lead was administered. At nine o'clock 

 the patient complained of coldness along the spine, and of a 

 peculiar tingling sensation in the lower extremities, and soon 

 after of total inability to move his limbs — the pulse at this time 

 was at 84. I examined his legs and found them completely 

 paralyzed. The symptoms of hydrophobia became every hour 

 after this crisis materially lessened. I fully succeeded at half- 

 past 10 in getting down three tablespoonfuls of castor oil. I 

 reduced the solution of lead in doses of 20 drops every three 

 hours ; at 12 o'clock the bowels were evacuated ; at two P.M. 

 we again attempted the introduction of the weak brandy and 

 water, the patient made a bold and resolute effort to conquer 

 or die in the struo-oje. He armed his mind with the strongest 

 courage and fortitude ; he carried the vessel to his lips, and 

 although his countenance fully displayed the most horrid re- 

 pugnance, yet from a total absence of spasm, he succeeded in 

 getting down a considerable portion of the fluid. From this 

 moment I considered the cause gained, and I hailed with joy 

 the triumph which such a conquest inspired. I gradually de- 

 scended the scale of my remedy to 10 drops, and I had the 

 satisfaction to find, that in the space of 48 hours from the Jirst 

 exhibition of the solution of lead in this case of hydrophobia, all 

 the more urgent symptoms of this monstrous disease had abated. 

 In four days, not the least appearance of hydrophobia malady 

 existed, the patient had the look of a person enervated and 

 debilitated to an excessive degree ; the wound in the hand " 

 (occasioned by excision of the bitten part, and the application 

 of caustic,) " was suffered to remain open for some weeks. On 

 the 26th September, the patient recovered the use of his limbs 

 and was discharged." 



(Signed) Arnall Thomas Fayerman. 



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