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went on the following day to a medical man, who washed and 

 scarified the wound. He returned home far from satisfied. 

 The dog's image was ever before him, and he was troubled 

 with the most frightful dreams. Four-and-twenty days passed 

 with no farther development of symptoms, when Delmaire, 

 rising from his bed one night, felt the most dreadful trepida- 

 tion. He panted violently. An enormous weight seemed 

 pressing upon his chest. From time to time he sobbed and 

 sighed profoundly. He complained that he was being smo- 

 thered. His mouth was dry, his throat burning, his thirst 

 excessive. All that he attempted to swallow was rejected with 

 horror. He was bled largely, with some relief to breathing, 

 but the dread of every fluid remained. After an hour's re- 

 pose, all the symptoms returning, the bleeding was repeated. 

 His face looked dreadful; eyes starting from their sockets, 

 muscles convulsed. 



6 He would continually start from his seat and howl fear- 

 fully, foam starting from his mouth. In his violent fits six 

 men could barely hold him. Often would he disengage him- 

 self from them all, and dash himself about on the floor. There, 

 freed from all control, he would roll about, beating himself, 

 tearing everything within reach. There were intervals, how- 

 ever, during which he had his full remorse. He would then 

 beg his old father to pardon him ; he would talk to all around 

 him with intense affection; and when feeling a new acces- 

 sion, he would implore his friends to leave him. 



' At length the violence of these mental symptoms sub- 

 sided. From time to time the dreadful convulsions returned. 

 The impossibility of swallowing remained, but there was no 

 fear of liquids. Asking for something to drink, they handed 

 him some white wine. He tried to swallow, but it was re- 

 turned through the nostrils. The patient then went to sleep, 

 and woke no more. His death was easy.' 



As I did not take up the pen to write a medical treatise 

 on hydrophobia for medical perusal, I will not shock and 



