CHARLES WATERT0N, ESQ. Xxi 



enough to apply for the scientific assistance of 

 Mr. Sibson, except, indeed, in cases of extreme 

 distance. Until the arrival of this gentleman, 

 the patient might be placed under proper 

 restraint during the paroxysms, and after they 

 had ceased, he might receive support and con- 

 solation from his friends. 



I wish it to be particularly understood that 

 I do not claim for myself the merit of this dis- 

 covery, should it prove successful. I certainly 

 paved the way to it by going in quest of the 

 poison, which I acquired in its pure state at my 

 own expense, and at the cost of my health. 

 But to Professor Sewell of the Veterinary 

 College in London, is due the merit of applying 

 it in cases of hydrophobia. He was the first, I 

 believe, who ever suggested the idea, and so 

 certain was he of a favourable result, that I 

 heard him declare before Sir Joseph Banks and 

 a large company of scientific gentlemen, that 

 were he unfortunate enough to be bitten by a 

 mad dog and become infected with hydrophobia, 

 he would not hesitate one moment in having the 

 Wourali poison applied, as he felt confident that 

 the application of it would prove successful. 



When all had been arranged at Nottingham 



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