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what are its component parts ; or by what process 

 it brings death into the system. 



Dozens of letters are lying on my shelf to give 

 me information of the commencement, the action, 

 and the final termination of hydrophobia. 



When I was a boy, I remember well to have 

 heard the case of the unfortunate Mrs. Duff. She 

 was so lovely in her appearance, and so perfect 

 in her form, that she was pronounced to be the 

 perfection of beauty and symmetry. She had a 

 favourite little lap-dog ; and one day, it bit her 

 slightly. The wound was trifling, it soon got 

 well : and nothing more was thought about it. 

 But, at last, the fatal day of sorrow dawned 

 upon the family, and bade them prepare for the 

 worst. Symptoms of hydrophobia made their 

 appearance : paroxysm succeeded paroxysm ; the 

 art of medicine failed to bring relief, and this lovely 

 lady sank in death. She still is seen in well- 

 executed prints, which represent her standing on 

 a globe, with one foot barely touching it: she, 

 herself, in the act of ascending to " another, and 

 a better world." 



More than half a century ago, my family had 

 a most narrow escape from a rabid dog. The story 

 is as follows. 



A connection of ours was on a visit at Walton 



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