122 On the Growth a?id Propagation, ^c. 



I conckidc, that, after this occult and peculiar man- 

 ner, several species o[ proliferous plants must be pro- 

 duced. This conjecture, however, I submit to the 

 observation and investigation of the curious. 



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.Philadelphia, 1780. 



XXII. Hydrophobia, unsuccessfully treated by AnagalUs, 

 Mercurial Ointment, Tincture of Cantharides, Blis- 

 ters, ^c. Co7nmutiicatcd to the Editor by Dr. 

 Branniman, of Lancaster, in Pemisyhania, 



MATTHIAS HUEER, aged 37 years, a wea- 

 ver by trade, was bitten in his left ^\rist, on Saturday 

 evening, the 31st of July last, by a dog supposed to 

 be mad. The wound was very inconsiderable, bled a 

 little, and healed in a few days, though nothing was 

 applied to it. 



On Monday morning (August 2d), he began to take 

 the Anagallis arvensis, or Pimpernel. Of this medi- 

 cine, he took forty-five grains, in powder, at a dose, 

 in a little beer, for four successive mornings. 



He seemed a little alarmed during the first nine days 

 after the bite; but, after that period, his mind appeared 

 to be perfectly easy, and he seemed to entertain no fears 

 of the consequences, as he was assured, by some per- 

 sons, that, after the ninth day, no danger was to be ap- 

 prehended. He now attended to his work, as usual, 

 and seemed to be in good health. 



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