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swelled lips, and thoroughly ashamed she was of them ; but in 
less than a fortnight all had peeled away, and she was as beau- 
tiful as ever. 
About the same time, a physician, to whom I owe much grati- 
tude, and for whom I feel great respect — he will read this, and I 
trust will believe me — was attending the daughter of a nobleman 
in one of the terraces in the Regent’s Park. A Scotch terrier 
came into the room. There was something in the appearance 
and manner of this dog which attracted his attention, and the 
more he looked at the animal the less he liked him. The eldest 
son of the nobleman soon entered — the physician privately com- 
municated to him his suspicions. “ Oh,” said the young man, 
“ there is nothing the matter with him; he came up as usual, 
just now, to bid me good morning — he jumped on my bed — he 
licked my face as usual, but the nasty beast pushed his tongue 
fairly into my mouth.” This, instead of removing, increased the 
suspicion of the medical man, and which was now mingled with 
alarm, and he said, “ I really do not like this dog, and least of all 
do I like what you have just told me. I wish that you would send 
for Mr. Youatt.” The father was consulted — I was sent for; I went, 
and immediately pronounced the dog to be rabid. Then came the 
question, What was to be done? Sir Benjamin Brodie was sent 
for to determine this, and to do it. He was a man of more deci- 
sion than the one who operated on the beautiful lady. “ There 
are two questions,” said he; “one as to the possible absorption 
of the virus through the thin covering of the lips and mouth ; and 
the other as to the extent to which the tongue of the animal 
entered the mouth, or the surface over which the virus conveyed 
into the mouth may have been carried by the tongue of the gen- 
tleman. The first question is doubtful, and we must leave nothing 
to chance — we must apply the caustic ; and we must apply it 
not only over the lips, but, so far as we can reach it, the whole of 
the internal surface of the mouth.” The young nobleman and 
the father gave their immediate consent, and the operation was 
performed. It was a~severe one, but the patient bore it like a 
hero; and in about a fortnight or three weeks every part was 
healed— there was not a blemish about him, nor was his voice 
in the slightest degree affected. 
About two years ago, a lady had an unpleasant eruption on 
her hands. She was accustomed to let her dog lick them. The 
dog became ill; I saw it, and, to her surprise and violent indigna- 
tion, pronounced the animal to be rabid. During the first day she 
would not for a moment listen to the entreaties of her friends to 
let proper measures be taken with regard to her hands. On the 
second day, considerable change had taken place in the dog, and 
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