[69] Observat. Chirurg. Cent. 1. Obs. 79.
[70] Essay on the Nature and True Method of Treating the Gout, p. 36.
[72] Essay on the Nature, and True Method of Treating the Gout, p. 69.
[73] Morborum Chronicorum. Lib. v. Cap. 2.
OBSERVATIONS
UPON
THE NATURE AND CURE
OF THE
HYDROPHOBIA.
In entering upon the consideration of this formidable disease, I feel myself under an involuntary impression, somewhat like that which was produced by the order the king of Syria gave to his captains when he was conducting them to battle: “Fight not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel[74].” In whatever light we contemplate the hydrophobia, it may be considered as pre-eminent in power and mortality, over all other diseases.