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which were very trifling, becoming painful, were poulticed in the 
evening, and on the third day they healed. The dog was allow¬ 
ed to remain at large for the ensuing two or three days, and 
during that period bit a cat, to which he had previously been 
much attached, and snapped at one or tw'O persons in the 
neighbourhood. At the end of a week, he, as well as the cat, 
were, unfortunately, killed; not however before the throat and 
salivary glands of the dog had become enlarged, the flow of saliva 
much increased, and the eyes slightly inflamed. 
About 4 p.M. of the 30th, the patient suddenly felt a pain 
in the back of the head, accompanied immediately by the ap¬ 
pearance of a dark curtain, which seemed “ full of bright spears” 
before the eyes, and which was followed by a slight loss of sense. 
This shortly disappeared, leaving a painful sensation in the left 
side. These fits were repeated at uncertain intervals for several 
successive days, but never without some uneasiness in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of the little finger. About the same time she had 
become averse to solid food and to drink, and this aversion along 
with the other symptoms gradually increased until the evening of 
the 5th of July, when she first applied for medical assistance. It 
afterwards transpired that on the preceding day she happened 
to be drawing some beer from a cask, when she suddenly became 
insensible and giddy, but immediately recovered on stopping the 
cock. It does not appear that the person who is the subject of 
the present remarks is of a nervous temperament or very irritable, 
but, on the contrary, has always proved herself, in her humble 
sphere of life, to be a strong-minded woman. And although the 
dog was destroyed at her request, in consequence of a vulgar 
prejudice, neither fear nor dread induced the disease; because, 
until the morning when she underwent the operation, she was 
perfectly unaware of the nature of her disorder, and had also 
previously reprimanded her fellow-servants for informing her first 
medical attendant that she had been bitten, a subject she her¬ 
self had refrained from mentioning, not considering it of sufficient 
importance. 
July p.M. —Pulse 80; eyes bright and rather promi¬ 
nent, but not tolerant of light; with slightly contracted pupil. 
Mind comfortable. Her chief complaint is of pain in the side. 
Bowels in their ordinary condition. 
V. S. ad 5^vj. Mibt. Aperieutis, ^iss, Otis horis. 
(jth, 4 p.M.— Bowels but little oj)ened. Eyes and head some¬ 
what relieved, though the aversion to solid food and drink con¬ 
tinues. Has taken the medicine with difficulty, each dose 
having been followed by a convulsive fit. Arm and hand slightly 
mottled. Continuatur mistura. 
