98 THE HYDROPHOBIA. 



ment of quicksilver thickly spread on lint and the poultice con- 

 tin ued over it : this treatment must be pursued for the space of 

 one month, then the wound healed with Turner s cerate spread 

 on lint, but the mouth kept sore and slight spitting prolonged 

 for at least two months, as hydrophobia has been known to make 

 its appearance five and six months after the bite of the animal : 

 sea bathing is strongly advised, but I would always recommend 

 the foregoing treatment in preference, a trial of which should not 

 be omitted, if the poison was destroyed at first by cutting, neither 

 if the bite has happened some time, nor even when the following 

 symptoms have taken place : the part bitten becoming tender 

 and inflamed, uneasiness and stupidity, frightful dreams, convul- 

 sions, eyes red and watery, pain all over the body, difficulty in 

 swallowing, great thirst, and when liquid is only brought before 

 the patient he appears choaked, accompanied with trembling 

 and shivering over the whole body; vomiting bile frequently 

 occurs, attended with great thirst and fever : the last symptoms 

 are raging and foaming at the mouth, spitting at the bystanders, 

 aad strong convulsions, as if drawn double ; no patient should 

 be given over till the last moment : the mercurial friction should 

 be tried, and the prescribed medicine given while he exists, as 

 there is hope of recovery by perseverance in the foregoing 

 method. 



The patient should be kept on very low diet, and no spirits or 

 wine be used." 



The following are the progressive symptoms of hydrophobia : 

 when a dog becomes melancholy, droops his head, forbears eat- 

 ing, seems to forget his former habits, and as he runs snatches 

 at every thing : if he often looks upwards, and that his tail at 

 its setting on be rather erect, and the rest of it hanging down ; 

 if his eyes be red, his breath strong, his voice hoarse, and that 

 he drivels and foams at the mouth, you may be satisfied of the 

 approaches of hydrophobia ; and the only thing that should be 



