But to insist upon this Subject is foreign to our purpose; only in regard that the most usual Methods of Cure in these Cases are so very tedious, and oftentimes unsuccessful at the last, I thought it not amiss to hint thus much, in order to the advancing something more Certain and Effectual towards the Removal of the greatest Unhappiness to which Mankind is liable.
To conclude with the Hydrophobia; where these Remedies fail, or are Administred too late, the Patient, from the prevailing inflammatory Disposition of the Blood, grows more and more Delirous, and by Degrees downright raving Mad, at last (as it most commonly happens in Maniacal People) suffers a total Resolution of Strength, and Dies. Thus Dr. Howna’s Case ended in a perfect universal Paralysis.
Footnotes to Essay II.
[(48)] De Tarantul.
[(49)] Histor. Animal. Nov. Hispan. Tract 4. c. 5
[(50)] Baglivi, p. 11.
[(51)] Vid. [Fig. 16.]
[(52)] Micrograph. Curios. p. 69.
[(53)] Pag. 40.
[(54)] Of Languid and unheeded Motion.