124 On a Case of Hydrophobia. 



I gave him an emetic, composed of 



R. Ipecacuanha gr. 15. and 

 Calomel : gr. vii ; 

 and ordered him to drink some weak chamomile, or 

 other tea, to encourage the operation. At 5 o'clock, 

 in the afternoon, I saw him again ; he said the eme- 

 tic had puked him four times, and had operated twice 

 by stool ; and that he had throv\'n up a great deal of 

 bilious-like matter, from his stomach, since which he 

 hag felt better at his stomach, and the vertigo has 

 come off: but that the pain of his arm is still very- 

 great. He had cold sweats on his hands and face as 

 before, and his feet were also cold and sweaty. I ex- 

 amined his arm, but found neither swelling nor inflam- 

 mation on any part of it. 



He observed to me, that he could not drink of the 

 tea in suilicient quantity to encourage the operation 

 of the emetic ; that when he attempted to drink, the 

 eflfort seemed to take away his breath, and to choak 

 him ; so that he could swallow but a very small quan- 

 tity. I requested his wife to hand to him a little tea. 

 He took the cup in one hand, and when it was near 

 to his mouth, his breathing was disturbed, and his 

 features assumed a singular appearance. He, how- 

 ever, succeeded in getting the cup to his mouth, and 

 immediately made a considerable eflbrt, and swal- 

 lowed a little of the drink. This convulsed his neck 

 and throat, in a remarkable manner. I prevailed upon 

 him to repeat the attempt with a spoonful of tea, 

 which he swallowed ; but with the same difficulty. 

 He said, he could take no more ; that it almost 



