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A CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA, &C. 
dressing is all that is required; and the best, as well as the most 
simple, are solutions (for I prefer them to ointments), of white 
vitriol or alum,* though some practitioners prefer stimulants, such 
as spirits of turpentine, or tincture of myrrh. Should the discharge 
be not of the most laudable character, an escharotic dressing is 
proper, such as a solution of blue vitriol. A solution of lunar caustic, 
gr. x. or Bj to 3j of water, is an excellent corrective of any unhealthy 
tendency. In general, the fomentation and poultices should be per¬ 
severed in after the matter is discharged. Now and then, where the 
cavity is extensive, and the situation admits of it, much benefit may 
be derived from bandaging the parts, so as to keep the opposed 
surfaces of the cavity in contact; in which way they may be often 
got to adhere, and the cure in this manner accelerated. 
A CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA, AND REMARKS ON 
THAT DISEASE. 
• 
By the kindness of the Editor of The Lancet, I am enabled 
to send to The Veterinarian a very interesting case of Hy¬ 
drophobia, with a Clinical Lecture on the nature of that dread¬ 
ful malady, more ingenious and satisfactory than any thing I 
have seen. W. Y. 
Clinical Lecture by Dr. Elliotson, delivered at St. Thomas's 
Hospital May 17th , 1830. 
On arriving at the hospital, on Thursday, the 13th inst., I was 
told that Dr. Roots wished to see me immediately in Luke’s Ward, 
as he had admitted a case which he was convinced was hydropho¬ 
bia. He, nevertheless, wished to know if my opinion coincided with 
his own. On reaching the ward, I found a boy, named William 
Charles, aged sixteen, with a full and flushed face, much marked 
with small-pox, lying in bed on one side, with the bed-clothes 
nearly up to his mouth. He-was resting perfectly still, but, on 
my attempting to raise the clothes from his face and neck, he 
suddenly fetched a deep breath, then seemed half choked, and 
about half a dozen such sobs occurred in very rapid succession, 
his countenance expressing at the time extreme distress, and he 
piteously entreating that I would desist: of course I did so. I 
then attempted to take hold of his wrist, which was under the 
bed-clothes, for the purpose of feeling his pulse, when the same 
occurrence took place, as a slight wave of air was necessarily in¬ 
duced upon his face by the attempt. Again, while he was lying 
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