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tage of acting on plain indications of treatment, in preference to 
relying on any supposed specifics. That a remedy may some 
day be found, in some of the kingdoms of nature, even for hy¬ 
drophobia, is by no means improbable ; but, until such a remedy 
has been found, the above indications are, perhaps, the only ones 
which can be acted upon with safety, or a hope of success, at 
least after surgical means of prevention have been ineffectually 
employed. 
I should, perhaps, explain, that at the time of the occurrence 
of this case, medical men were led to believe in the existence of 
certain vesicles under the tongue, in cases of rabies ; and of the 
advantage of puncturing them, giving the patient, at the same 
time, large doses of the decoction of broom, and causing it also 
to be used as a gargle. Although we did not lose our time in 
giving the decoction of broom, we had not yet learned the non¬ 
existence of such vesicles in any case; a fact, I believe, now 
generally admitted. When their existence was confidently as¬ 
serted, they were said to appear between the third and ninth day 
after the bite, and the life of the patient was said to depend 
on their puncture. The period, therefore, of their alleged ap¬ 
pearance was past before this patient’s situation attracted any 
attention. 
Mr. Youatt, to whose able papers, republished from The 
Veterinarian, I have already referred, is of opinion that an 
enlargement of the sublingual glands, with appearances of in¬ 
flammation, may have been mistaken for the vesicles in question. 
I have the more pleasure in quoting from the very interesting 
writings of Mr. Youatt on this subject, from having had personal 
opportunities of witnessing the truly philosophic zeal with which 
he endeavours to investigate it; and the liberality with which, 
in his anxiety to improve our knowledge of the nature and treat¬ 
ment of a fearful malady, he courts the co-operation, assistance, 
and suggestions of the medical profession. 
Warwick, October 6tb, 1831. 
From the Midland Medical and Surgical Reporter. 
INSULTING EXCLUSION OF STUDENTS FROM THE 
ANTI-ROOM AT THE VETERINARY DINNER. 
Messrs. Editors, 
You have been the consistent and zealous friends of the ve¬ 
terinary pupil in all greater matters, and I am encouraged to hope 
