Sir, — By the last mail, just arrived, I have received a letter from Professor Naudin,1 Member of the Institute of France, in which he mentions that the great expectations which Professor Boulay, of Paris, from the communications of Dr. Pereira, of Lisbon, set on garlic as a remedy in hydrophobia, have by some recent experiments, published in the Comptes Rendus,2 not been realized.
The use of pilocarpin proved equally unreliable in hydrophobia, but arsenic, so Professor Naudin says, holds out more hope, as dogs suffering from rabies show immunity to small quantities of arsenic.
As yet eucalyptus oil seems never to have been tried in that horrid disease.
Yours, &c.,
FERD. VON MUELLER.
Melbourne, March 9.
Please cite as “FVM-84-03-09,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on