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phragm and glottis ? which may be assisted by 

 a copious bleeding, and also medicines. 



These observations I submit to the medical 

 world with much diffidence as to their suc- 

 cess; where no probable remedy is known, 

 every means ought to be used to discover 

 something efficacious, and it is a duty incum- 

 bent on medical Gentlemen to exert their 

 best endeavours. Little as mine are, they 

 may have the effect of inducing others better 

 qualified to take up the subject. 



I have already observed that the fit of hy- 

 drophobia destroys life in the same manner 

 as sudden fright, and I may add drowning. 

 In all cases of death from fright, I am of 

 opinion the same resources should be had 

 recourse to, as for drowned persons. In 

 either case, life may only be suspended for 

 want of the action of the lungs, 



I conceive it is of great importance to 

 people in general, and particularly to such 



