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New York City, as hydrophobia; he saw her at ten o’clock on 
the evening of the 24th, said it was a typical case and she could 
not live till three o’clock; she died at 5 a. m. Her pet dog was 
bitten in the mouth, a part of his tongue was torn away; he was 
bitten also in the flank. He evidently got the virus in his mouth ; 
he also licked his wounds; he did not die, but is well today, Au¬ 
gust 4. The writer saw him. One-half hour after biting her 
and her dog, the mad dog bit a horse; the horse died in two 
weeks,—they did not kill him; he is said to have literally chewed 
up his stall. 
The father said he was sick after sucking the wound, but at¬ 
tributed it to the shock of seeing his only child bitten. The writer 
saw an account of this in the newspapers and upon investigation 
obtained the above facts from the parents. 
We are led to believe that here is sufficient testimony to war¬ 
rant further investigation by those best qualified to judge in such 
matters, and who are afforded the opportunity of studying this 
simple therapeutic treatment in connection with hydrophobia. 
And again, we know we get action from hydrophobia, the po- 
tentized heterologous virus of hydrophobia when given by the 
mouth, and believe we would also get action from the low potency 
or saliva. The virus of hydrophobia is excreted by the salivary 
glands. 
Pasteur found the heterologous virus of hydrophobia tends to 
be curative, but experience for the past century indicates there 
is no certainty in cures with any heterologous vaccine unless it 
is proved and used in a homoeopathic manner. Recent investiga¬ 
tions by Wright, I believe, indicate that all autogenous vaccines 
tend to be more curative than stock vaccines. 
The writer developed the fact that autogenous vaccination by 
the mouth in sepsis is more curative than vaccination by the 
method now in vogue. We see that there is much that points to 
hydrophobia as a disease that can possibly be prevented and cured 
by this simple therapeutic measure. We see that after all there 
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appears to be some truth in the old medical saying, “ The hair of 
the dog is good for the bite.” The writer is informed that nearly 
