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fection, or, in other word?, after the bite has taken 

 place. About four years ago, a young man in the 

 neighbourhood of Ormskirk, was bit by a terrier, 

 which unfortunately proved to be mad. From the 

 dog's manner, he was instantly suspected, and the 

 Ormskirk medicine immediately resorted to. The 

 wound which the dog's teeth had made became 

 healed in due time, and the ill-fated man enjoyed 

 perfect health for near four months, when he was 

 seized with the hydrophobia, and shortly ended his 

 life. 



In fact, this dreadful disease has no stated period 

 for making its appearance, some being seized in a 

 week or ten days, and others not for months ; the in- 

 fection seems to lurk, as it were, in the blood : how- 

 ever, it is generally supposed that its appearance is 

 influenced by the moon. 



That many dogs are called mad, which are not so, 

 is very evident. Should a strange dog happen to 

 pass through a town or village, if he run, all the dogs 

 in the place will run after him ; and he, to get clear, 

 will snap at either man or dog that impedes his way : 

 the cry of mad dog ! resounds from all quarters : 

 crowds, armed with different instruments of destruc- 

 tion, instantly pursue the wretched animal, and he 

 falls a victim to the ill-timed rage of thoughtless ig- 

 norance. 



After a supposed mad dog has been killed, in or- 

 der to prove this point precisely, take a bit of bread, 

 rub it on bis teeth and gums, and then give it to an- 



