ON RABIES CANINA. 
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He was brought to me early in the morning, and at 9 a, m. 3ii 
of the alisma plantago, powdered, were given to him, suspended 
in mucilage. For an hour he continued restless and howling as 
before; but at 12 the howl had changed to a fainter sound, 
resembling a whine, and the dog was sitting on his haunches, 
quiet and depressed. 
At 2 p.m. the dose was repeated. He struggled against it, 
and, from partial suffocation or exhaustion, fell on his side, 
stretched himself out, and appeared as if he were dying. He 
soon recovered; and half an hour afterwards I found him quietly 
seated as before; his breathing was less laborious,—the whining 
had ceased,—the dog was perfectly sensible,—the wildness of 
countenance was gone, and an expression of extreme exhaustion 
remained,—he wagged his tail when spoken to, and arose and 
came slowly towards me,—he refused to eat, but lapped, and 
seemed to swallow a little water; and I saw him void his urine, 
and turn from it without lapping it. 
7 p.m. —He was sitting quietly; the jaw no longer dependent, 
but his head almost as low as his elbow r . He recognized me, and 
faintly w r agged his tail. 3i of the alisma was given; he again 
struggled and fell, and seemed to be dying; but in ten minutes 
he resumed his sitting posture. I saw him in this situation at 
10 o'clock, but at six on the following morning he was dead. 
The Belladonna was then tried on other rabid dogs, with more 
decided effect, and especially w 7 hen the powdered leaf w r as used in 
the form of ball, or suspended in mucilage. The symptoms 
remitted, and exhaustion and even paralysis succeeded; but the 
animal died. 
To this followed the redoubted Scutellaria, affirmed by Dr. 
Spalding never to have failed—certainly never given without evi¬ 
dent effect, and of a more pleasant character than that which was 
produced by the alisma or belladonna. The extreme irritability w r as 
lessened or ceased, without the depression of the one or the ex¬ 
haustion of the other. These experiments have been followed up, 
but I confess not with all the diligence that ought to have been 
used. All these drugs have power; relief to a considerable extent 
may be afforded by them; and, possibly, a clue maybe obtained, 
which may eventually lead to a most important desideratum. 
Jan. 19, 1813.—A terrier belonging to Mr. Garrard, of Panton 
Street, died rabid, having previously bitten his young master, and 
a poodle belonging to Mr. G. He was immediately drenched 
with the Hertfordshire preventive (a decoction of box and rue in 
milk), and the dose was repeated on three successive mornings. 
Feb. 4. —Is very quarrelsome; challenges every dog he meets, 
and his countenance expresses much wildness and ferocity. He 
