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The day following the dog was observed to droop, refuse his food, and at night 

 he died. 



The patient, having been frequently conversant with the like accidents, was 

 sufficiently alarmed at the danger, and having been the year before received a 

 patient into St. George's Hospital, he repaired thither for relief. Dr. Hoadly 

 attending instead of Dr. Bailey, the physician of the week, he directed him to 

 have the wound scarified, be blooded, use the pulvis antilyssus, and cold bath. 



About a fortnight after the accident, being the full of the moon, his symptoms 

 became so violent, that Mr. R. was desired to meet his brethren in consultation. 

 He found him sitting on a bed, with one of his legs tied to the post, and on 

 inquiring how he came placed in that position, he said, he himself fastened the 

 cord, apprehending he might grow mischievous; and on proposing to him to put 

 on the strapped waistcoat, he readily consented to it; expressing great dread of 

 becoming hurtful. He said, he had felt a numbness in the wounded thumb, 

 which shot up his arm to the shoulder; and that he was not sensible of having 

 taken a moment's rest since the accident had happened; and that, on endea- 

 vouring to compose himself, he fell into startings, and dreadful apprehensions of 

 mischief from dogs. His eyes looked wild, and he complained of an excruciating 

 pam in the head. For some days past he had been troubled with a difficulty in 

 swallowing ; Mr. R. proposed to him to get down a small piece of bread ; but he 

 seemed to refuse it with great abhorrence; however, being encouraged to make 

 use of his resolution, which he possessed to an extraordinary degree, he forced it 

 into his mouth, where holding it tor some minutes, he endeavoured to swallow, 

 but was seized with violent spasms, beginning at the bottom of the abdomen; 

 which, by a convulsive progression, heaved itself into the thorax, whence the 

 spasms were extended to the pomum adami; when the patient fell into strangu- 

 lation, and afterwards privation of sense. On recovering from the fit, as we 

 perceived that, notwithstanding these obstacles, he had swallowed the bread, 

 allowing him time to rest, we proposed to him to endeavour to swallow a spoonful 

 of liquid, which he seemed most shocked at: he answered with fierceness, that 

 he could not away with drink : however, on recollection, he said he would endea- 

 vour it: and taking a spoonful of alehouse drink into his mouth, he was instantly 

 seized with convulsions, beginning from the bottom of the abdomen, and as 

 cending with great violence to the head, till he fell into a fit of longer duration 

 than the former; however he swallowed the liquor; and on recovering his senses, 

 he pointed with great vehemence to his arm, signifying that he desired to be 

 blooded; from which he afterwards told us he had before found relief. As his 

 pulse was extremely hard, we directed the surgeon to take away 1 6 oz. which 

 proved ad deliquium ; however, that soon passing off, his pulse still continued 

 hard, his flesh hot, with grievous complaints of the pain in his head. 



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