HYDROPHOBIA. 
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this malady should be kept apart from others; and exposure 
to the air, when not under the effects of medicine, will be 
found beneficial. This disorder has an affinity to some 
human diseases, and rarely attacks a dog a second time. 
Fortunately for humanity, the distemper is not communi¬ 
cable to man. Neither the effluvia from the diseased dog. 
nor the bite, has proved in any instance infectious. 
HYDROPHOBIA. 
The last and certainly the most dreadful of all diseases 
incidental to the canine species is madness, and its fatal 
effects, unfortunately, are frequently extended to man and 
other animals ; and, what is to be deeply lamented in this 
fearful disorder is, that hitherto no specific has been disco¬ 
vered for its cure. Many have been the attempted remedies 
applied by men of the first skill in medical science, but with- 
. out effect; and a vast variety of pretended nostrums have been 
advertised from time to time. Under these circumstances, I 
shall content myself with noticing the symptoms of this ma¬ 
lady, and recommend rather that we avoid the evil, than 
expect a cure. 
No satisfactory cause for hydrophobia has yet been given, 
although it has been supposed to be occasioned by extreme 
heat, and want of water. Were these the agents of this ma¬ 
lady, it would be more prevalent in tropical climates than 
in Europe, which is by no means the case. Experience, 
however, has taught us that it makes its appearance in the 
canine species usually in hot, sultry weather; therefore, 
although it is not the cause, it is a concomitant of the 
disorder. 
In Europe, hydrophobia generally makes its appearance 
in the extreme heat of summer, or the first months of au¬ 
tumn. Where packs of hounds are kept, the feeders should 
