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wound, are the simple remedies with which I have 

 been satisfied. At the same time, there is a certain 

 risk, and there have been well-authenticated cases 

 of hydrophobia. One of the best authenticated, 

 and the most dramatically told in all its details, is 

 that of the Colonel Lennox who fought the Duke 

 of York — the Duke of Richmond of the memorable 

 Brussels ball. His Grace, when Governor of 

 Canada, was bitten by a tame fox chained in the 

 barrack-yard at Montreal. A month afterwards he 

 died in great agony ; for some time there were no 

 symptoms of any kind, but then serious warnings 

 caused grave uneasiness, the most ominous being 

 the unconquerable aversion to crossing water. The 

 Duke was on a tour, and on some pretext he 

 would make a detour rather than leap his horse 

 over the smallest grip or rivulet. 



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