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much gulping* and spasmodic action about the throat, swallowed 
a teaspoonful of bread sopped in milk and water. He not un- 
frequently appeared anxious to be instantly raised up, and. then, 
w r ith long and painful efforts, during which his whole body was 
distressingly agitated, he expectorated a small quantity of tena¬ 
cious mucus. 
During all this time his mind was, for the most part, free and 
undisturbed. He often intimated, by signs, that his throat and 
bowels were painful, and also his head; and seemed to think he 
should certainly die. He made no allusion to his hand, the 
wound of which had not yet healed ; and we were informed that 
he did not imagine, and indeed would not believe, that the bite of 
the dog had any thing to do with his illness. 
A light was brought suddenly into the room, without affecting 
him : the dashing of successive pails of water into a tub, in pre¬ 
paring a warm bath, seemed, on one or two occasions, to give him 
violent disturbance. Mr. Rice, who has a distinct recollection of 
this, which escaped my own observation, describes him as having 
manifestly shrunk with apprehension whilst this was doing; but 
at length he sat down in the bath, with a decrease of agitation. 
He remained twenty minutes in the warm water; during which 
time his sufferings were diminished, and the respiration was, ge¬ 
nerally speaking, more tranquil, although now and then the pant¬ 
ing came on. On being taken out of the bath, he was laid in a 
warm blanket, and appeared to be greatly relieved, although still 
unable to speak or to swallow. He remained tranquil for some 
time afterwards. We took this opportunity of carefully examining 
the under part of the tongue, but found no appearance of the ve¬ 
sicles described by foreign writers : the tongue was very gently 
raised by the small end of a teaspoon, but the examination pro¬ 
duced a convulsive action in the throat. 
After this, ten leeches were applied to the throat, and twenty- 
five to the abdomen and thorax ; and poultices of bread and 
milk, with the addition of laudanum, were applied to the leech- 
bites in both situations. Mr. Webb had previously ordered a 
pill, consisting of hydr. submur. gr. iij. opium, gr. i. and an- 
timon. tartariz. gr. ss. to be given every four hours : it was 
thought advisable to order it to be given every two hours during 
the night. 
A blister was applied to the throat; and another, of the size of 
an ordinary pair of bellows, was applied to the whole front of the 
thorax, and the abdomen as far down as the umbilicus. 
We left our patient with feelings of dejection, thinking it very 
probable that his disorder might increase in violence, and prove 
fatal, before we could see him again. We approached the house, 
