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has been trivial on account of the previous low 

 state of the animal's system. 



The application of the plant Scutelleria lateri- 

 folia is reported from North America to have suc- 

 ceeded in several cases ; but the symptoms do not 

 accompany the report made to us, and we rest in 

 doubt as to its efficacy. However, let it be tried. 

 So we say of u any mineral acid," which a certain 

 medical gentleman recommends may be applied — 

 a few drops on tow to the wound whilst fresh. 

 This may be tried in the form of oxygenated muri- 

 atic acid, which has the property of being de- 

 structively detersive ; it decomposes the virus, and 

 acts as a styptic. Salt water bathing has been em- 

 ployed upon a large scale, and has been loudly 

 commended ; then, let common salt be also tried to 

 the amount of two or three ounces a day mixed with 

 the patient's corn. It is but fair to add, that sea- 

 bathing failed to effect any good, when tried upon 

 the canine under the best auspices. The king's 

 stag-hounds, in 1823, being more than suspected 

 of rabies, were take to Brighton, and the ablution 

 was well performed under the directions of Mr. 

 Sharpe, the huntsman, but to no good effect ; they 

 were all destroyed. Dr. Fayerman, of Norwich, 

 published a case in the spring of 1825, of the cure of 

 hydrophobia in a man of forty two years, by giving 

 him svperacetate of lead (Goulard's extract) in 

 doses of from fifty to ten drops on lumps of sugar. 

 He also bled the patient, who was at one time 

 raging mad. Strong soap-boilers' lye, or solution 



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