for the Cure of Hydrophobia* 275 



ders sufficient for nine days. On the contrary, Fauro, who 

 lived at another village, looked upon his wound as a mere 

 trifle, and took no further notice of it. 



" What was the consequence ? Baset and his daughter 

 were perfectly cured, and have for these three years expe- 

 rienced not the least alteration in their health ; whereas the 

 unfortunate Fauro died sixty days after the accident, with 

 all the symptoms of the most confirmed hydrophobia* 



** Another dog in Sierra den Garceran had bitten several 

 other dogs, pigs, &c. The powder was administered to 

 some of them for eleven successive days; and till the present 

 moment, during the space of nearly two years, no ill conse- 

 quence whatever has been observed. All the animals to 

 whom the powder was not given died raving mad in 25 

 days. 



" One dog to which it was found impossible to administer 

 more than four.- doses, did not go mad, but fell into a kind 

 of lethargy, and refused to eat ; till at length he died on the 

 sixteenth day, but without any of the symptoms of actual 

 hydrophobia. 



" So much for the experiments, with a remedy, which, 

 as far as I know, has never been included among the six or 

 seven medicines for preventing the consequences of the bite 

 of mad dogs. It seems, however, to be so much the more 

 deserving of the attention of the physicians of every country, 

 as its efficacy against the venom of the viper is fully con- 

 firmed "by the experience of ages. 



t( At the moment these sheets are going to press, I find 

 from the Spanish Journals, that this powder has likewise 

 been tried at Madrid with complete success." 



In its present state, all that can be done, is to express a 

 sincere wish that it may be found to answer the desired 

 effect ; and I remain, Sir, yours, &c. 



E. S. T, 



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