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of Mr Bourdon, which I think are strongly 

 and particularly exemplified in a fit of hydro- 

 phobia. I have long thought that the medical 

 world has not allowed sufficient influence to 

 the diaphragm and lungs on the circulation 

 of the blood, and in a little pamphlet which 

 I published in 1820, [maxims and remarks 

 on the pulse for young students] page 27 , 

 I particularly remarked that the lungs act 

 on the heart and circulation, as fire on a 

 steam engine, or as a spring on machinery, 

 keeping it in constant motion, a comparison 

 that will carry more with it to the mind than 

 1 can explain. 



It may not be thought inopportune here to 

 suggest a remedy that may possibly succeed 

 in removing this terrible disease. Were I 

 again in practice, and had the opportunities 

 which heretofore occured to me, I would try 

 the actual cautery to the throat, and chest. 

 May it not, by causing a strong stimulus, 

 counteract that produced by miasma of Ra- 

 bies, and cause a revulsion from the dta- 

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