200 HYDROPHOBIA . 



" The number of persons bitten by mad dogs, 

 and mad jackalls, that came under my care while 

 surgeon at Chittrah (Ramghur), would appear 

 almost incredible, were they to be stated here. 

 In every instance when I had time or permission 

 to impregnate the system with mercury after the 

 infliction of the bite, and before the symptoms of 

 hydrophobia had shewn itself, the latter was en- 

 tirely prevented. If it be feared that I may have 

 been deceived in this point, I hope to dissipate 

 such fears by stating, that not a year passed at 

 the station, in which I had not numbers to attend, 

 bitten by the same animal. Of these there were 

 some, who, from religious prejudices, would not 

 submit to the course of medicine I prescribed, 

 preferring the prayers of a Brahmin priest. 



" These regularly perished by the disease, 

 while the others, bitten by the same animal, and 

 at the same period of time, were invariably pre- 

 served from hydrophobia where salivation was 

 induced. This, which I think may be fairly 

 called the eocperimentum wucis, I have put to 

 the test so often, with the same identical result, 

 that not a shadow of doubt remains on my mind 

 relative to the entire efficacy of the prophylactic. 

 The proofs, indeed, are positive, negative, and 



