On a Case of Hydrophobia. 131 



of the United-States, but also In several of the 

 countries of Europe. He was afterwards treated by- 

 some of the most powerful means that have ever been 

 employed for the cure of this dreadful disease. The 

 injections of Tobacco were exhibited by my advice, 

 as the well known effects of this active article in re- 

 laxing spasms, seemed to aiford a distant prospect of 

 its being of service. I was led, by another consider- 

 ation, to recommend the tobacco. Injections of this 

 plant have sometimes been used with advantage in 

 the disease of tetanus, which bears, in several re- 

 spects, a near relation to hydrophobia. 



Editor. 



XXIII. Fakdictory Charge^ delivered to the Graduates 

 in Medicine, at the Commencement, held June Sth, 

 1805, in the University of Pennsylvania. By Ben- 

 jamin Rush, M. D., Professor of the Institutes 

 and Practice of Medicine, ^c. 



IF the last sight of any thing, even of a tree, 

 or a strea m of water, be attended with distressing 

 emotions; what must the feelings of a teacher be, 

 when he takes a last and farewel look at a number of 

 his pupils, endeared to him by diligence in their stu- 

 dies, by the most amiable deportment, and by nu- 

 merous instances of personal respect, in his inter- 

 course with them ? Under the intliience of these 

 reflections, I feel, gentlemen, more than I am able to 

 express ; and, were I permitted to obey the impulses 

 of my heart, I would only squeeze } our hands, and, 



