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have been cured with the ufe of vinegar, really never 
had the hydrophobia, although he had been alTured, 
that Dr. Bertoffi faw him in the hydrophobous ftate. 
That man, it was true, did receive a very flight and 
fuperficial fcratch upon his cheek from the fame 
dog, who bit the other two perfons, who became 
hydrophobous, and afterwards died ; but the perfon, 
of whom the account was publilhed, about the 
ufeful difcovery of a cure by vinegar, was in reality 
never arrived to the flate of the hydrophobia ; that 
is to fay, to fuch a degree of the malady, as mofl; 
frequently follows the bite of a mad dog, and which, 
after fome weeks, difcovers itfelf by an uneafinefs in 
attempting to drink ; and after drinking, by a fe- 
ver, delirium, convulfions, vomiting, fweating, and 
death, within the fifth, and fometimes within the 
fourth day. 
Dr. Reghellini, having thus found, that the account 
firfl: given him, and the confirmation of it from his 
friend at Padua, were doubtful, or rather a mifap- 
prehenfion, wrote again to Florence and Pifa, re- 
tracing his former account, and relating the faC, as 
upon a more ftriC examination he had found it truly 
to be, and which is exaCly agreeable to the account 
here inclofed. 
XXII. Tu'O 
