156 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE ON CANINE MADNESS. 
house, no provocation having been given by the child. The 
part bitten was the interior of the right knee. 
What steps were taken immediately?—An alarm was di¬ 
rectly given; and although the master was urged at least to 
coniine the dog, yet he refused to take any precautions whatever. 
The child was taken to the first medical man, who immediately, 
and as he thought in the most efficacious manner, applied lunar 
caustic (nitrate of silver) over the surface of the wound. The 
child went home, and took some aperient medicine on the next 
day, at the request of the same medical attendant. Mr. Frankum, 
surgeon, of Lisson-grove, being now sent for, observing that the 
wound was only superficial, that is, cutaneous, and finding,upon 
inquiry, that the dog had hitherto betrayed no symptoms of 
rabies, thought it necessary to do no more to the wounded part, 
which had been rather painful, than to apply a blister over the 
eschar. The child, during the day, had displayed symptoms of 
drowsiness and irregularity of mind, a desire to retire, to abandon 
his usual occupations, and appeared to be affected with all the 
symptoms of a slight fever. 
How long was this after the bite?—These appearances oe 
curred on the afternoon ensuing that on which he w as attacked 
by the dog. The febrile excitement which I have described, 
began during the night on w hich he was bit, at about midnight, 
but became much more conspicuous on the ensuing morning. 
The fever abated slightly during the day, so as to allow the 
child, for a short period, to regain its wonted liveliness, but soon 
returned with increased violence. Mr. Frankum administered 
liberally the medicines which he deemed desirable, viz. calomel 
with antimony ; under the use of w hich the symptoms were in no 
degree alleviated, but gradually grew more and more embar¬ 
rassing until the morning of the fourth day, on which a manifest 
change for the worse was observed. About four a.m. of this day, 
was the last period at which he was enabled to swallow. From 
this time forward, he sedulously avoided all sorts of fluid, any 
one of which, when put e\en to his lips, threw him into violent 
convulsions. They succeeded now 7 and then in introducing 
toast and water into his mouth; but the effort which he made to 
swallow it w as follow ed by the most frightful contortions, cha¬ 
racteristic, as far as regards the nature of the convulsions, of 
the disease, hydrophobia. Anxious to have some assistance from 
a medical man, and desirous of dividing the responsibility with 
another, Mr. Frankum consulted Dr. Conolly, who did not how¬ 
ever arrive till collapse, fatal collapse, the result of the incessant 
convulsion, had supervened. Dr. Conolly soon perceived that 
there was no hope whatever of his recovery, and left him to 
tranquility. 
