102 THE HYDROPHOBIA. 



been tried for its removal. Copious and repeated venesection 

 was, a few years back, announced to the world as a cure for the 

 hydrophobia, and instances were given in order to confirm it: 

 it is true, they came in a questionable shape on account of the 

 distance which they had to travel, being chiefly from the East 

 Indies : however, the method just mentioned has been tried in 

 this country and found unavailing, as the following will show : 



Henry, son of G. Rix, a waterman, of Southsea, was bitten 

 in the cheek, and over the eye, by a mad dog, on the 25th of 

 March, 1813. He continued very well until Friday morning, 

 the 13th of the following month, when he complained of being 

 indisposed. His friends gave him a cordial, with the hope of 

 relieving his pain ; but he grew worse, and complained of great 

 thirst. It was with great difficulty he was prevailed on to take 

 medicine. He complained exceedingly of violent pains in the 

 chest and throat ; and, on his seeing water that was brought into 

 the room, his agony greatly increased. He foamed at the mouth 

 sufficiently to wet many cloths, and would frequently exclaim, 

 " O, Father ! is that from the dog ?" He was copiously bled, 

 but without any good effect. He retained his senses until 

 within a few hours of his death, when the effects of this disorder 

 were extremely violent ; but the paroxysms abated an hour before 

 he expired. 



James Sharp, glassman, son of Alexander Sharp, Queen- 

 street, Newcastle, on Wednesday morning last, when he returned 

 home from the Northumberland glasshouse, complained of being 

 unwell, and told his parents that he had been vomiting throughout 

 the night, while at work. On Thursday he was much worse, 

 when an emetic was procured for him, but he could not bear the 

 sight of it when made into a liquid. On Friday a medical man 

 was brought to see him, who, after examining the youth, and 

 trying the effect the sight of water produced on him, gave it as 

 his opinion that it was a case of hydrophobia. Enquiry was 



