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IIYDROFIIOBIA. 
dicine compounded by a poor man, named Webb, residing near 
Watford, I advised him to take the medicine, and afterwards go 
to the sea-side; which advice he took : the wound being, prior 
to his leaving, perfectly skinned over. 
3rd. One of the horses in the same place was observed to be 
unwell. The next morning one of the men employed in the 
stables thinking that a urine ball might prove serviceable to the 
animal, endeavoured to exhibit one; in which act he got his 
hand and arm much abraded, the skin being in many places 
penetrated quite through. In the course of the afternoon the 
horse became perfectly unmanageable: I was sent for; but he 
died in a few hours from the time, decidedly rabid. The man he 
had bitten took Webb’s medicine, and expressed himself quite 
satisfied with its efficacy: but his master insisted on his also 
going to the sea-coast. Both the men escaped, and have conti¬ 
nued to this day in perfect health. 
Webb’s Prophylactic is noticed by Mr. Blaine in his Do¬ 
mestic Treatise on the Diseases of Horses and Dogs; which, 
under the head of Madness,” gives the most correct and 
clear account of the disorder that I ever read. In regard to 
the medicine, I may observe, although I have known it to fail 
frequently among animals, of the many hundreds of persons 
that must have taken it, no individual to my knowledge has 
suffered from Hydrophobia. 
Stanmore, December 11, 1827. 
Cases or Communications, addressed to the Editor of the Veterinarian^ at the 
Printer's, (post paid) will meet with due consideration. 
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John Hill, Printer, Black Horse Court, Fleet Street, 
