Show alic arac as a prophylactic in hydrophobia dr ernest arnest galison Gui Gu itson lison ison in an inaugural dissertation presented to the faculty of berne states though he has arrived at no positive conclusion lie he believes that as in cholera cholera the germ of the contagion of or rabies is formed by one of the lower fun run fungi the period of incubation extend extends s upon an average over five live or six weeks tho poison is then thon absorbed spreads itself fh rough tilo the body dody by means of the cir clr circulation 0 and then multiplies indefinitely producing ultimately irritation of the nervous bentres centres cen tres and especially ot of the medulla oblongata gata then tilen enters into the prophylactic treatment of the disease by means of arsenic arsenie ar and gives the following clinical observations A man was bitten on the of june by a mad dog in the hand a girl was bitten at the same time and shortly after died from hydrophobia two days after the accident the mail man applied to dr Guis sons father who cauterized the wound deeply with potash and kept the wound open with with cantharides minute doses of belladonna were given morning and evening up to tile the of july when the patient had rigo rigors rs and pains ill in the body from this time up to the fath of july the symptoms of hydrophobia became gradually more and more expressed in spite of repeated vene sections and the ise lse of calomel and um at this tin s time however small doses of Arsen late of soja were prescribed every four hours of a gramme on the marked amelioration of the symptoms was observed which continued until the goth all danger had passed and complete recovery took place dr buisson gives another case in which a rabid dog between the ath and ath of june bit thirteen person persons s in the va towns of the canton of freiburg all were recommended to be treated with one twentieth of a grain equal to fi nive five u grains of the 0 one nel nei hundredth iun lun dreth oro ono or one ne half a grain nain rain of the one tenth trifu motion rolion of iff arsenic ana Ara enic onic morning and evening as a prophylactic measure eight submitted to this prophylactic treatment and none wets were affected f four declined or were not allowed to take the arsenic of these four two remained unaffected and two died one began the arsenic treatment but spee spec speedily adly lefkof left of tahe was attacked batata but at a much later period and died dr guison gulson recommends not only the internal employment of or the arsenic but that the wound should be dr dressed rl with it Correspond Corres em bl blatt blast 11 |