94 HUNTING DIRECTORY. 



Symptoms of 



and arms morning and evening, M'hich, with the medicine, 

 must be continued till the mouth becomes sore and spit- 

 ting is produced : when matter discharges from the 

 sore, it should also be dressed with strong ointment of 

 quicksilver thickly spread on lint and the poidtice con- 

 tinued over it : this treatment must be pursued for the 

 space of one month, then the wound healed with Tirr- 

 ners cerate spread on lint, but the mouth kept sore and 

 slight spitting prolonged for at least two months, as 

 hydrophobia has been known to make its appearance 

 five and six months after the bite of the animal : sea 

 bathing is strongly advised, but I would always recom- 

 mend the foregoing treatment in preference, a trial of 

 which should not be omitted, if the poison was destroyed 

 at first by cutting, neither if the bite has happened some 

 time, nor even when the following symptoms have taken 

 place : the part bitten becoming tender and inflamed, 

 uneasiness and stupidity, frightful dreams, convulsions, 

 eyes red and watery, pain all over the body, difficulty in 

 swallowing, great thirst, and when liquid is only brought 

 before the patient he appears choked, accompanied with 

 trembling and shivering over the whole body ; vomiting 

 bile frequently occurs, attended with great thirst and 

 fever : the last symptoms are raging and foaming at the 

 mouth, spitting at the bystanders, and strong convul- 

 sions, as if drawn double ; — no patient should be given 

 over till the last moment : the mercurial friction should 

 be tried, and the prescribed medicine given while he 

 exists, as there is hope of recovery by perseverance in 

 the foregoing method. 



The patient should be kept on very low diet, and no 

 spirits or wine be used." 



