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laid down by Mr. Abernethy seem applicable. "The cell," he 

 says, " into which a penetrating tooth has gone, must be cut out. 

 Let a skewer be shaped, as nearly as may be into the form of the 

 tooth ; and next let the skewer and the whole cell containing it, 

 be removed by an elliptical incision. We may examine the re- 

 moved cell, to see if every portion with which the tooth might have 

 come in contact has been taken away ; the cell may even be filled 

 with quicksilver, to see if a globule will escape. The efficient per- 

 formance of the excision does not depend upon the extent, but 

 upon the accuracy of the operation." To this Mr. A. used to add, 

 that as bleeding had been much extolled, had he hydrophobia he 

 would allow a surgeon to bleed him, even to death. Like Seneca, 

 he would be willing to have his veins opened, though his disease 

 might not permit him to indulge at the same time, like Seneca, in 

 the luxury of a warm bath. 



It has been recommended, in all suspicious cases, if excision 

 has been omitted in the first instance, to cut out the wound, or 

 cicatrix, within the first two months, or at any time before the 

 symptoms of recrudescence have appeared. One would do it, 

 though with less hope, as soon as possible after they had ap- 

 peared ; but we can hardly expect that excision will be successful 

 then, in stopping the disease. Dr. Bright has recorded a case in 

 which the arm was amputated upon the supervention of tingling, 

 and other symptoms, in the hand, in which the patient had been 

 bitten some time before ; but the amputation did not save him. 



Although in excision, local anaesthesia may be applied, it is 

 perhaps better that the operation be performed without it. The 

 acid should be applied for two days in succession, and supple- 

 mented by the use of fermenting poultices to encourage the 

 throwing off of the slough. 



Dr. Yarrow, U. S. army, followed this treatment with his own 

 son, who was bitten in six or eight places, with excellent results. 



Lunar caustic, or nitrate of silver, decomposes too rapidly in 

 contact with animal tissue to be certain or thorough in its action. 



Before closing this article, I desire to call the attention of 

 sportsmen and medical men to the following, from the pen of the 

 eminent Prof. Bollinger, of Munich, regarding false rabies in the 



