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2 went, with Runjeet Sing to Nadoun, on the Beas river, where
3 the Maharajah married the two daughters of the famous Rajah
4 Sansar Chund, both orphans, and brought them to Lahore. We
5 passed Jowalla-Meki, a sacred place in the eyes of the Hindoos,
6 where there is a volcano. From thence, I travelled, with Rajah
7 Suchet Sing, along the hills to Besouli, Jesrota, and Nurpore,
8 where he was appointed receiver general of the revenues.
9 On my return to Lahore, I was informed, by General Allard,
10 that a number of his dragoons had been bitten by a mad jackal
11 in the night, while they were endeavouring to kill it.
12 Several of the soldiers, who were seized with hydrophobia, had
13 died, some of them in the barracks, and others on their way home.
14 The general made me the offer of experimenting on some of the
15 bitten soldiers, who had already applied for leave of absence, that
16 they might die near their families. I consented to it, and eighteen
17 men were placed under my care. I was happy to find, in con-
18 sequence of my treatment, that not one of them was attacked by
19 hydrophobia. Thereupon, General Allard recommended my
20 mode of treating this malady to Dr. A. Murray, who was on a
21 visit to Lahore with the political agent of Loodiana, Colonel Sir
22 C. M. Wade. They both requested me to publish it for the
23 benefit of suffering humanity, to which I agreed without any
24 reserve; and it was read in a public assembly at Calcutta,
25 July 2nd, 1831, and published. I take the liberty to introduce
26 an extract: —
27 “ Dr. Honigberger’s object, in the treatment of hydrophobia,
28 is to keep up a copious suppuration from the part bitten by the
29 rabid animal, which he accomplishes, at first, by applying the
30 actual cautery, and afterwards by using stimulants to the wound.
31 He also administers a compound of mercury and extract of
32 tobacco, in pills, until they produce a flow of urine; and at the
33 same time he recommends tincture of cantharides in an emulsion
34 of bitter-almond to be repeatedly given, until a slight degree of
35 dysuria is excited. Various other remedies and local applica-
36 tions are also spoken of as useful in hydrophobia. It does not
37 appear that any other person has yet made trial of some of the
38 remedies proposed by Dr. Ilonigberger.'”