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I wish these facts generally known, as they may be of servi¢e to 
our fellow citizens at large. 
Singular case of Hydrophobia.—A case is related in the Lan- 
cet, a London Monthly Periodical, of a man having died with all the 
horrors of hydrophobia, and the dog. that had bitten him betraying 
no such symptoms. The statement is from an eminent surgeon, and 
is well attested by several respectable names. Soon after the man 
was bitten, he applied to a medical gentleman, i intimating, however, 
is firm conviction that the dog was not mad. As the dog was evi- 
dently sick, the surgeon took the precaution of having him placed in 
a secure situation, and from day to day watched the progress of his 
symptoms till he died. From the most attentive observation, the 
surgeon could not observe the slightest appearance of rabies; the 
animal lay quiet, walked firmly, breathed easily, had no abhorrence 
of fluids, and caressed his master as usual. His death appeared to 
be accompanied with pain, and on being opened, the body presented 
none of those appearances which are generally produced by hydro- 
phobia. In about a fortnight after the decease of the animal, the 
man was taken with the usual symptoms of rabies, and died in teat 
ful convulsions. The case has excited considerable interest, as it 
proves that hydrophobia, in animals, is not confined to one character, 
but assumes different shapes. 
Remarks on the above cases and on the uses of the chon ite. 
parations.*— Ed. st Se Ay 
We have added the account of the last Hycopaba case, tor the 
purpose of saying, that it might be prudent in every instance of a bite 
from a dog, or other dint, whether supposed to be rabid or not, to 
wash the wound frequently with the solution of chloride of lime. 
From what we now know of the powers of chlorine, i it is not too much 
to hope for, that it may prove an antidote to every case of tend pro- 
vided it be applied in season, and before the system is fatally affected 
It appears highly probable that hydrogen, from its being the light- 
est and most subtle of all known ponderable bodies, may enter into 
the composition of such active agents as poisons. Fontana exa- 
mined the poison of the viper and of other animals, but we know not 
whether, as in prussic acid, hydrogen is the active principle. _ In the 
present No. it appears (p. 174,) that chlorine destroyed the effect 
ee 
“hips ws of the nature and action of th se preparations are presented by 
Dr. L, C. Beck, in a memoir, Vol. XIV, p. 251, of this Journal. 
