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mals, and who have it in their power to use 

 preventives. I shall also give a short des- 

 cription of the fit of hydrophobia as it always 

 appeared to me, which may help such as have 

 never witnessed it, to distinguish it from other 

 fits. For the first I shall copy part of a paper 

 communicated by me to Dr. James Johnson, 

 and inserted by him in his medical Chirurgical 

 Journal for April 1819. 



ff The number of persons bitten by mad 

 dogs, and mad jackals, 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 entirely 

 prevented. If it be feared that I may have 

 been deceived in this point, I hope to dissi- 

 pate such fears by stating that not a year 

 passed at the station, in which I had not 

 numbers to attend, bitten by the same 



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